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In Afghanistan, Taliban's fall precedes rise of AIDS

The man, thin as a coat rack, said he started shooting heroin because a friend told him it was easier to quit the needle than to stop smoking the drug.

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Paul
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Monday Aug 4
 
are we to believe the number of AIDS cases increased because the Taliban was removed from power?

OR ... are cases just now being reported because drug addicts and people with AIDS are no longer afraid of persecution under an Islamic-extremist regime?
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Monday Aug 4
 
Paul wrote:
are we to believe the number of AIDS cases increased because the Taliban was removed from power?
OR ... are cases just now being reported because drug addicts and people with AIDS are no longer afraid of persecution under an Islamic-extremist regime?
Yea, newspaper folks are kinda loose with cause-effect. Anything for a headline.
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
They know what they are doing, they just fdo not care. why should we?

There are plenty of innocent victims out there who need help more.
mic
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
increased aids victems have not much to do with heroin addiction in afghanistan.its more related to homosexuality.and talibans prmots this act.
Idonno
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
dang ,now all the goats and donkey's will get infected.oasama gonna have to kick the habit.

“What type of f--kery is this??”

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Tuesday Aug 5
 
fools wrote:
They know what they are doing, they just fdo not care. why should we?
There are plenty of innocent victims out there who need help more.
Its that inhumane attitude that is killing us...LITERALLY!!!
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
Lala11_7 wrote:
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Its that inhumane attitude that is killing us...LITERALLY!!!
Completely agree. Wishing for a better life to all those suffering from AIDS/HIV.
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
The main cause of AIDS in Afghanistan is not due to increased shooting of heroin with dirty needles,its actually the huge increase in adultry and other westren trash activities. Yet another good reason why Taliban should be running this country and not US and its puppet and it's northern aliens slaves.
Bob - Wheeling
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
AFGHAN wrote:
The main cause of AIDS in Afghanistan is not due to increased shooting of heroin with dirty needles,its actually the huge increase in adultry and other westren trash activities. Yet another good reason why Taliban should be running this country and not US and its puppet and it's northern aliens slaves.
Western trash activites? The Afghan culture and history predates many western countries. Drugs may have been brought\grown there from western countries, but as far as "Western trash activities" are concerned, they were there all along (that's what the Afghans and Pashtuns are famous for! Stop blaming others, and start doing something to stop this epidemic. Also, that doing something has to be beyond fingerpointing and wishful thinking.
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
Jeremy the Jew wrote:
They deserve AIDS for using drugs.
How's the Navy?
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
Bob - Wheeling wrote:
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Also, that doing something has to be beyond fingerpointing and wishful thinking.
Very true. But it never hurts to wish anyone well. One might do it in addition to more proactive things.
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
AFGHAN wrote:
The main cause of AIDS in Afghanistan is not due to increased shooting of heroin with dirty needles,its actually the huge increase in adultry and other westren trash activities. Yet another good reason why Taliban should be running this country and not US and its puppet and it's northern aliens slaves.
Your country has been doing this all the long, it did not just start. You hide your rampant homosexual activities, rape and beating of women, drug growing and usage. Yet, you do nothing to help your country grow. You just have some jerks with a religion - nothing else. You sound like trash to me. And don't tell me you are living in England! You ran you but away as fast as you could!
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
Jeremy the Jew wrote:
They deserve AIDS for using drugs.
Jeremy the JEW - you need to be quiet. Half the world wants to get rid of you now. You should be a little kinder - you and the rest of these jerks need to find some peace.
Hold on Afghanistan
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
Bono, Clinton and the other grand standers are on their way. Let's throw more billions at a disease that is 100% preventable and in most cases, behavior originated. Those who contract it know the who, what, when and where as does the scientific community. I do not hear the grand standers ever saying anything about behavior change. Why is that?
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
AIDS, Taliban,heroin addiction or etc., life for the people in Afghanistan is HELL!
Damn a country where the citizens have to look up to see bottom.
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
Hold on Afghanistan wrote:
Bono, Clinton and the other grand standers are on their way. Let's throw more billions at a disease that is 100% preventable and in most cases, behavior originated. Those who contract it know the who, what, when and where as does the scientific community. I do not hear the grand standers ever saying anything about behavior change. Why is that?
I've heard both Bono and Bill Clinton talk about behavior change.
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
AFGHAN wrote:
The main cause of AIDS in Afghanistan is not due to increased shooting of heroin with dirty needles,its actually the huge increase in adultry and other westren trash activities. Yet another good reason why Taliban should be running this country and not US and its puppet and it's northern aliens slaves.
And you're obviously living on the planet of denial!
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Tuesday Aug 5
 
Who cares?

“WHAT HUMP? ”

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Tuesday Aug 5
 
Didn't know you can get aids from sheep
Butch
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#22
Sunday Aug 10
 
Welcome to Islam. It's a primitive cult with ignorant views toward medicine. Sex between men is largely hidden? Are you kidding me? That's the norm.

It's sade. It's unfortunate but that's what Islam brings--misery.
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