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alertnet.org - 11/13/2008
Reuters AlertNet - Taliban urge world to block Afghan executions
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(Adds details, further Taliban comment) KABUL, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban, notorious for summary public executions, urged the United Nations on Thursday to press the Afghan government to stop executing prisoners on death row, citing concern about fair trials. Afghanistan resumed ...
Afghan Quicksand Awaits Obama
pajamasmedia.com - 11/10/2008
Afghan Quicksand Awaits Obama
— pajamasmedia.com — The president-elect will face escalating violence, feckless allies, and time that's quickly running out.... (more) Afghan Quicksand Awaits Obama

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Shakedown
michaelyon-online.com - 11/18/2008
Shakedown
— michaelyon-online.com — By Tim Lynch Printed with permission from: http://blog.freerangeinternational.com/ Afghanistan We had to make a run to Kabul... last Friday to take some clients to the airport and to pick up new ones. The Jalalabad to Kabul road is considered very ... (more) Shakedown

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michaelyon-online.com - 11/10/2008
In Time of War
— michaelyon-online.com — 10 November 2008 The Iraq war is over. Barring the unforeseen, the darkest days are behind, though... we are still losing soldiers to low-level fighting with enemies that are true “dead-enders.” Last month we lost seven Americans in combat in Iraq.  ... (more) In Time of War

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Jihad Watch:  Taliban stops executing people long enough to ask UN to block executions of Taliban prisoners

QandO:  Taliban: Execution of Taliban murderers would be a "barbaric act"

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Taliban stops executing people long enough to ask UN to block executions of Taliban prisoners
Jihad Watch — Jihadist hypocrisy alert. "Taliban urge world to block Afghan executions," from Reuters, November 13: KABUL, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban, notorious for summary public executions, urged the United Nations on Thursday to press the Afghan government to stop executing prisoners on death row, citing concern about fair trials. Afghanistan resumed executions this week after a break of more than a year, with three Taliban sentenced for deadly attacks among nine people put to death in the past few days. Those executions ...

Taliban: Execution of Taliban murderers would be a "barbaric act"
QandO — There may not be a word in Dari or Pashto for "chutzpa", but the Taliban have it: Afghanistan’s Taliban, notorious for summary public executions, urged the United Nations on Thursday to press the Afghan government to stop executing prisoners on death row, citing concern about fair trials. Afghanistan resumed executions this week after a break of more than a year, with three Taliban sentenced for deadly attacks among nine people put to death in the past few days. [...] "We strongly request the U.N., the EU, the Red ...

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