Those we fight

Further to Babbling's post about the Pashtun-Canadian anti-Taliban rally in Toronto Feb. 15, here's more from Terry Glavin about why one should demonstrate against the bad guys:

In Kabul, Taliban suicide bombers struck government buildings at three sites on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and wounding 57 in coordinated attacks.

In the Swat Valley, militants have kidnapped a Red Cross worker, apparently an American, according to local media reports. The worker was kidnapped two days after Taliban militants beheaded a kidnapped Polish engineer when the government failed to meet its ransom demands.

"Everything in Swat is destroyed, they are bombing schools, killing notables and targeting government employees."

This is what's left of a school in the Swat Valley that the Taliban blew up three weeks ago, just hours after the Pakistan government promised to reopen the region's schools: