KABUL, Afghanistan - Afghan officials banned journalists Sunday from operating near the site where talks on the fate of 21 South Korean hostages are being held, one day after two Taliban leaders held a news conference there.
Marajudin Pathan, the governor of Ghazni province where the hostages were kidnapped on July 19, said the ban — which bars interviews, photography and videotaping — was imposed during the negotiations because the Taliban might exploit the media spotlight.
Apparently the government of Afghanistan has learned from its mentors in the United States of Theocracy and is now banning the media from watching over its proceedings. Who says Bush isn't spreading his form of democracy around the world?
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