A few days ago Abdul Rhaman was released from prison and left Afghanistan for Italy, which offered him asylum. Here are the details.
Unfortunately, the grounds for his release were not religious freedom and human rights. That fight will and must come another day if Afghanistan is truly going to become free nation. It's not going to be pretty either, but I wouldn't give up on Afghanistan. The idea of religious freedom is only a few centuries old in the West.
Realistically, Afghanistan may have a democratically elected government, but they are not a democracy as we think of one. However, the ground work has been laid. I don't envy Karzai who must deal with the medieval minded in his country while trying to move it forward and not look like a puppet. Watching history unfold is amazing. Nerve racking, but amazing.
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