Word: baloch
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Shaking behind her black chador, or veil, 18-year-old Makhutar Mai stood before a jury made up of men who hated her. Mai is a dairy farmer's daughter, a Tatla Gujjar, and the council members before her were all from a higher, landed caste group, the Mastoi Baloch. Mai's brother had dared to romance a girl from the higher caste, and in the dusty mid-day sun of rural Pakistani Punjab, a rowdy crowd gathered to demand eye-for-an-eye-style justice. The six seated elders finally delivered their judgment. To restore the caste's honor...
...members still support the idea of a pure Islamic state, though some are willing to allow slightly fewer restrictions on women's education and travel, as well as on the treatment of minorities. Mullah Mohammad Hasan Rahmani, the soft-spoken, one-legged Governor of Kandahar, and military commander Ibrahim Baloch signal their brand of open-mindedness by giving TV interviews or meeting with female journalists...