hmm i wonder what the world is coming to!!! what with news of bogus charities canvassing for funds from unsuspecting kind-hearted people and the Taleban detaining and killing off big-hearted korean missionaries who wanted to HELP the Afghan people...

SIGH.

depressing.

they are on a killing spree eh? a second korean has just been killed. and he's only 29 years old. sigh.

i wonder why cant the Taleban regime sees sense. do they really want to be alienated from the rest of the world, including those who wish to lend a helping hand? it must be so hard for the victims and their families, a long 13 days it has been. and who knows what may happen next. i can understand the government's reluctance not to bend to Taleban's demands, as it would only set off a bitter vicious cycle of more kidnappings to bargain for the release of Taleban members. yet, i can't bear to see these young, compassionate beings being slaughtered senselessly in a war which does not concern them.

the greatest loser? possibly humanity. that we have to resort to this mindless killing of the innocent to attain our goals.

i am not a christian, but i sure feel like praying for their safety. it could easily have been anyone of us, each one of us who have ever ventured to foreign lands to lend a helping hand.