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- Dutch Soldiers Stress Restraint in Afghanistan
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  In case you missed it earlier today...The NYT led with an in depth look at Dutch soldiers taking a different strategic approach of winning hearts and minds in Afghanistan. They contrast this with the U.S. approach of regular military raids. "We're not here to fight the Taliban...we're here to make them irrelevant," says one Dutch soldier. It's begs the question whether this administration's hunger for violence is just not only costly but ineffective as well.
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- IntelligentaIndigena: Taliban claims kidnapping of French nationals: Web
  Posted by theangryindian from Angryindian.blogspot
  Afghanistan's Taliban Islamist rebels claimed responsibility on Thursday for kidnapping of two French nationals and three Afghans in the southwest of the country.
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- Taliban Capture More Aid Workers as Hostages in Afghanistan
  Posted by Jeff from Al Jazeera
  Why turn their backs on a good thing? Italy negotiated the release of Taliban prisoners to get their journalist back.
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- Australian Detainee's Life of Wandering Ends With Plea Deal
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  Earlier, the media reported this as a success of Guantanamo Bay's secret proceedings, but read this story between the lines. This alleged Taliban recruit is going back to Australia where his conviction may be overturned by his home court. It doesn't appear he did much wrong other than get caught up with the wrong sorts of folks and having poor judgement. The Guantanamo Bay prison is going to be one of the sad chapters of American history. It's clear his confession was forced...
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- The Worrying Case of an Ambitious Afghan Journalist
  Posted by Jeff from Columbia Journalism Review
  The CPJ has issued three calls for Naqshbandi's release in the past week, asking journalists and news organizations on Friday to pressure Hamid Karzai's government to work toward securing Naqshbandi's freedom. But those calls have had "less and less impact," said Dietz, who is frustrated that "Ajmal's just about disappearing from the Western media radar screen, and it's a great concern of ours, because people like him are really incredibly important...
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- U.S. Slams Italy's Deal With Taliban to Free Journalist
  Posted by Jeff from Editor and Publisher
  Allies not on board - negotiate with Taliban: Daniele Mastrogiacomo, who writes for Italy's La Repubblica newspaper, was freed Monday after two weeks in captivity. He had been seized in southern Helmand province with his Afghan driver, who was beheaded, and his translator, whose whereabouts are unknown. Though the Afghan government called the swap "an exceptional case," the deal was sharply criticized.
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- U.S. Senate majority leader calls for efforts to bring Taliban into Afghan government
  Posted by Billbar from International Herald Tribune
  "You need to bring them into a more transparent type of government," Frist said during a brief visit to a U.S. and Romanian military base in the southern Taliban stronghold of Qalat. "And if that's accomplished we'll be successful." He said the only way to win in places like Qalat is to "assimilate people who call themselves Taliban into a larger, more representative government." "Approaching counterinsurgency by winning hearts and minds will ultimately be the answer," Frist said. "Military versus insurgency one-to-one doesn't sound like it can be won. It sounds to me ... that the Taliban is everywhere."
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