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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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- British troops in secret truce with the Taliban
  Posted by Jeff from Times Online
  It has now been agreed the troops will quietly pull out of Musa Qala in return for the Taliban doing the same. The compound is one of four district government offices in the Helmand province that are being guarded by British troops. Although soldiers on the ground may welcome the agreement, it is likely to raise new questions about troop deployment. Last month Sir Richard Dannatt, the new head of the British Army, warned that soldiers in Afghanistan were fighting at the limit of their capacity and could only “just” cope with the demands.
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- Taliban warn against Pakistan pact violation
  Posted by Billbar from Reuters
  Fugitive Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar thinks he can push Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf around, says he's got suicide bombers at the ready. A dangerous game.
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- Taliban Report US Casualties
  Posted by j1o2n3a4s5 from IndyMedia SF
  The Taliban have said that 24 foreign and collaborating troops were killed in the June 12th battle, contrary to mainstream news reports that claimed 15 Taliban were killed.
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- US warplanes kill scores of Taliban in worst Afghan clashes for years
  Posted by Damianmann from Guardian UK
  US warplanes killed up to 80 insurgents and 16 civilians during a raid on a Taliban hideout, as southern Afghanistan saw some of the heaviest fighting since 2001
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theangryindian comments on:
22-year old with history of domestic abuse reportedly was awarded $300m Pentagon contract to supply

Sounds like any other average decision made by this administration.

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5:02 pm 3/27/08
Jeff comments on:
22-year old with history of domestic abuse reportedly was awarded $300m Pentagon contract to supply

Rep. Henry Waxman says Congress will investigate the contract.
Shouldn’t incompetence be an impeachable offense?

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3:42 pm 3/27/08
Jeff comments on:
22-year old with history of domestic abuse reportedly was awarded $300m Pentagon contract to supply

Here is a link to the original New York Times story:

Supplier Under Scrutiny on Arms for Afghans

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3:40 pm 3/27/08
Damianmann comments on:
Taliban Push Poppy Production to a Record Again

We just needed to control the flow. Know what i mean?

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4:24 pm 8/27/07

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