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Recent events in Afghanistan are demonstrating that the ruling Taliban will not abandon the hardline views and tactics that have drawn past and present condemnation from the wider world.
On Saturday, the Taliban hanged a dead body from a crane in the main square of Herat, a city in western Afghanistan, both The Associated Press and Reuters reported.
Taliban authorities claimed the dead man was among a group of four alleged kidnappers who were shot dead.
Sher Ahmad Ammar, deputy governor of Herat, said the men had kidnapped a local businessman and his son and intended
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