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Tue 01 Jan 2009Shias return from exile to a more tolerant Afghanistan
Long-suppressed Shia Muslims are finding acceptance at last, writes Pamela Constablein Kabul
FOR THE past week, caravans of cars have raced triumphantly around the Afghan capital, trailing huge green and red banners. Overpasses are draped with black cloth, and loudspeakers blare hypnotic religious chants punctuated with the slow rhythm of clanking chains.
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