Taliban claim Afghan suicide attack as retaliation for US leaflet insult: "Six civilians injured in blast after US military apologises over leaflets depicting a dog bearing a passage from the Qur'an"

Taliban claim Afghan suicide attack as retaliation for US leaflet insult: "Six civilians injured in blast after US military apologises over leaflets depicting a dog bearing a passage from the Qur'an" ( theguardian.com )

submitted 2017-09-06T22:31 by salvia_d

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Jimmycog 2017-09-06T23:16

Why would the military apologize?

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derram 2017-09-06T22:41

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Taliban claim Afghan suicide attack as retaliation for US leaflet insult | World news | The Guardian

'The leaflets depicted a lion chasing a dog bearing a Qur’anic passage that appears on banners used by Taliban militants. '

'Dropping propaganda leaflets is a basic part of military psychology operations, and has been widely used by coalition forces in Afghanistan. '

'The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an explosion near Bagram airfield in Afghanistan, saying it was retaliation for the US distributing propaganda material that insulted Islam. '

'However, the passage used is also the basic Islamic statement of faith, and associating one of Islam’s most sacred texts with a dog, considered unclean in Islam, could cause offence. '

'In August, unidentified planes dropped leaflets on Ghazni province saluting all Taliban fighters on the occasion of Eid. '

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