longwarjournal.org - 10/14/2008
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Multimedia presentation of the senior Taliban commanders in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Click to view.
The Taliban have seized on what US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates described as "defeatist" comments made by Western officials on the ability to succeed in Afghanistan ...
rollingstone.com - 10/17/2008
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rollingstone.com —
T he highway that leads south out of
Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, passes through a craggy...
range of arid, sand-colored mountains with sharp, stony peaks. Poplar trees and green fields line the road. Nomadic Kuchi women draped in colorful scarves ...
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How We Lost the War We Won
nypost.com - 10/20/2008
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nypost.com —
Posted: 4:51 am October 20, 2008 IF Sen.
Barack Obama is elected president, our re public will...
survive, but our international strategy and some of our allies may not. His first year in office would conjure globe-spanning challenges as our enemies ...
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AMERICA THE WEAK - New York Post
mcclatchydc.com - 10/15/2008
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mcclatchydc.com —
WASHINGTON — A growing al Qaida-backed insurgency, combined
with the Pakistani army's reluctance to launch an all-out...
crackdown, political infighting and energy and food shortages are plunging America's key ally in the war on terror deeper into ...
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New intelligence report says Pakistan is 'on the edge'
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Bill Roggio: Taliban mock West for calling Afghanistan unwinnable
Victory Caucus -- All Content —
... Tuesday, 14 October 2008 "Defeatist" statements made by Western officials are capitalized by the Taliban in a recent statement issued on their website. read ...
Negotiate With The Taliban?
Weekly Standard Blog —
... Mullah Omar issued several press releases stating that the only terms he'd agree to are the full withdrawal of Western forces and the restoration of the Taliban government. Omar has mocked the West for its defeatist statements and said his forces are "on the verge of victory." The Haqqani Network remains closely aligned with al Qaeda. And Hekmatyar, who is also aligned with al Qaeda (and is supported by Iran, interestingly enough), has been stringing along the West since 2003 with claims he's interested in reconciliation, but has yet to abandon his terror allies. ...
More 'Secret' Talks With The Taliban
Weekly Standard Blog —
After last year's reported talks with the Taliban met a dead end and were mocked by Mullah Omar, more negotiations are underway. Al Jazeera reports "secret" talks between Hezb-i-Islami leader Gulbaldin Hekmatyar and the Western and Afghan officials are underway.
The talks, between Taliban-linked mediators, Western officials and the Afghan government, are believed to involve a proposal for the return to Afghanistan of Gulbaldin Hekmatyar, the country's former prime minister, who has been in hiding for seven years.
Hekmatyar, the leader of the ...
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