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Journalism Newsroom StaffManual Classifieds Archives Afghanistan: The forgotten nation Article by: Henry KraemerOpinion Columnist • hkraemer@northernstar.info Abdul Rahman was born an Afghan citizen.

He was raised as a Muslim, the official religion of Afghanistan.

But in 1990, while living in Germany, he converted to Christianity.

Since then, he has practiced his religion in private, a constitutional right in modern Afghanistan, until two weeks ago.

Two weeks ago, Rahman was arrested and indicted for practicing Christianity.

Rahman planned to plead guilty; the sentence would be death.

Upon international outcry, he was freed and has since disappeared, likely hiding with his family in order to avoid assassination.

Rahman was not freed because of any recognized flaw in the Afghan legal system.

He was released because he was ruled mentally unfit for trial, a co...

...ba href=/drug abuse/a/b, and it has experimented with raising the maximum age at which a person can enter the Army.

The new tattoo policy will "assist in the recruitment of highly qualified soldiers who would otherwise be eliminated," according to the Pentagon directive announcing the change this year.The directive still prohibits any tattoos that are "extremist, indecent, sexist or racist." And, in true Army fashion, there are strict guidelines about where on the neck the tattoo may be located.

Neck tattoos are allowed only on the back of the neck, defined by the Army as the area "under the ear lobe and across the back of the head." Pentagon officials say the updated policy is simply an attempt by the Army to connect with mainstream American youths.

Tattoos are a staple among pop singers and basketball stars, and young people are finding ever more creative places on their bodies to decorate.

With more American teenagers tattooing their limbs and torsos, officials say, it would be foolish for the military to strictly regulate skin art — especially given the Army's difficulties recruiting in the midst of an increasingly unpopular war.

"American youth tend to have tattoos now.

The demographic is changing," said Lt.

Col.

Bryan Hilferty, an Army spokesman.

"If a kid is in good shape and passes all the tests, do Americans really want us to say no to him because he's got tattoos?

I don't think so." But some critics see the new regulations as more ominous, and say that relaxing the tattoo ...

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