Afg teen executed for carrying US dollars

South Afghanistan is heating up, not that its any cooler. Musa Qala in Helmand is under 100% authority of the Taliban. Sangin and Lashkar Gah are on the verge of toppling into the Taliban regime. Uruzgan, Zabul, Nimroz, Helmand and Kandahar are perhaps the worst followed by the Eastern regions (Kunar, Nangarhar- where the famous Tora Bora is situated).

The article below highlights the injustices of the so-called 'Taliban'. When I recieved an update in my inbox, the title caught my attention. I just had to post it. So unfair...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan_Taliban militants hanged a teenager in southern
Afghanistan because he had American money in his pocket, stuffing five
US$1 bills into his mouth as a warning to other villagers not to use dollars, police
said Monday. Taliban militants elsewhere killed eight police.

The 15-year-old boy was hanged from a tree on Sunday in Helmand, the most violent province in the country and the world's No. 1 poppy-growing region.
"The Taliban warned villagers that they would face the same punishment if they were caught with dollars," said Wali Mohammad, the district police chief in Sangin.

Dollars are commonly used in Afghanistan alongside the afghani, the local currency,
though dollars are more commonly seen in larger cities where international
organizations are found.

[passage omitted]

The Taliban killed another man in Sangin on Saturday who had sought farm assistance and seeds from an international aid program, Mohammad said.
The militants accused him of being a spy and shot him to death.