Muslim-fearing nation and fearful Muslim nation rumored building biometric monitor network

Two of the world's most rigidly authoritarian regimes have deep-seated problems with Islam and intend to erase their problems using heavy oppression backed by biometric surveillance.

The nations are Afghanistan and China, and a weirder pair of biometrics allies is hard to find. They share a short mountain border and not much else.

Afghanistan roots out any religion except Deobandi Islamic fundamentalism. Its government is a buyer of facial recognition systems deployed to purify the culture.

China's autocratic and opposition-phobic …

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