August 30, 2008
New York Times
Bush Seeks to Affirm a Continuing War on Terror
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
WASHINGTON — Tucked deep into a recent proposal from the Bush administration is a provision that has received almost no public attention, yet in many ways captures one of President Bush’s defining legacies: an affirmation that the United States is still […]
Taliban control half of Afghanistan, says report
The Telegraph
Last Updated: 2:36am GMT 22/11/2007
The Taliban has a permanent presence in most of Afghanistan and the country is in serious danger of falling into the group’s hands, according to a report from an international think tank.
Taliban control half of Afghanistan, says report
The Senlis Council claimed that the insurgents […]
Judge dismisses charges against detainee
By ANDREW O. SELSKY, Associated Press Writer 15 minutes ago
A military judge on Monday dismissed terrorism-related charges against a prisoner charged with killing an American soldier in Afghanistan, in a stunning reversal for the Bush administration’s attempts to try Guantanamo detainees in military court.
The chief of military defense attorneys at Guantanamo […]
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An Afghan points to a the resin from poppy on a poppy field in Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Monday, April 9, 2007. Afghanistan is one of top producers of opium in the world.
(AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq)
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Afghans collect resin from poppies on a poppy field in Lashkar Gah, […]
I wonder if he were doing some last minute shopping which has been a main story on CNN,, FOX and MSNBC all day.
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This undated photo, which has been handed out by the U.S military shows Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Osmani. A top Taliban military commander described as a close associate of Osama bin Laden and […]
take Crocker with you. If you need it, call for back up.”
“December 3, 2006
U.S. Report Finds Fault in Training of Afghan Police
By JAMES GLANZ and DAVID ROHDE
Five years after the fall of the Taliban, a joint report by the Pentagon and the State Department has found that the American-trained police force in Afghanistan is largely […]
Mr. Prager’s fears about using the Koran instead of the Bible certainly awakens a twisted kinship with the Taliban who could not abide having the almost two millennium-old, large statues of the Buddha within Afghanistan’s border. What in heaven’s name would Mr. Prager think if the U.S. Department of the Interior wanted to retrofit […]