Sent by Stan Rains: For those who recall the international furor over the video of the Taliban publicly whipping a girl for being seen in public with a married man, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2009/apr/02/swat-valley-flogging , it has been recently announced after a criminal investigation that the video was a fake.  An NGO or private group with a special interest created the video and paid all present who participated in the event, including the girl who is supposedly being whipped. I am not defending the Taliban, I am addressing the lack of truth and balance in reporting gender issues.   The video was meant to   …[Continue Reading]