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NNN0LHI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-11 06:26 PM
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Jihadi Gangster: Censored in Afghanistan
http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/kabul/2011/01/jihadi-gangster-censored-in-afghanistan.html

January 15, 2011

The Jihadi Gangster has been censored in Afghanistan.

Afghan government censors have branded the unrepentant Kabul Gangsta Godfather as an offense to the nation's traditional values and directed Kabul's largest English-language magazine to excise an article about the Afghan-American artist.

A story on the Jihadi Gangster, aka Aman Mojadidi, was slated to appear in the current issue of Afghan Scene, a glossy English-language monthly geared towards the expat community in Kabul.

When the latest issue was flown in from the Dubai printer, government censors were not too happy with what they found.

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