When 21 Korean aid workers were kidnapped by the Taliban Avaaz quickly drafted a petition calling on the Afghan Pashtunwali code of "hospitality to all, especially guests and strangers" as an argument to release the hostages. The kidnapping is a clear violation of the code, offending the weary people of Afghanistan on whom they depend. Over 100,000 people answered the call which was published in the Afghan paper, the Killid Weekly. In the end the hostages were released.
www.avaaz.org/en/honour_the_afghan_code/
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