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...Afghan warlord and opium cultivator Haji Bashar Noorzai could be an intelligence source the U.S. needs to combat terrorism, but he's sitting in jail on drug charges. He has offered to help, and as the wars on both drugs and terrorism rage on, readers debated the wisdom of his incarceration...
...Afghan warlord and opium cultivator Haji Bashar Noorzai could be an intelligence source the U.S. needs to combat terrorism, but he's in jail on drug charges. He has offered to help, and as the wars on both drugs and terrorism rage on, readers debated the wisdom of his incarceration...
...Your article on Afghan warlord Haji Bashar Noorzai listed possible negative consequences of his arrest [Feb. 19]. Assured by a U.S. agent that the trip would be "like a vacation," Noorzai went to the U.S. to offer his cooperation against the resurgent Taliban. Now in jail, he can no longer supply intelligence, move his tribe away from the Taliban, persuade his followers to give up poppy farming or sway other warlords toward the political path. But worst of all, his 1 million tribespeople will now be convinced of U.S. perfidy, duplicity and treachery and therefore be converted into implacable enemies...
...hard Taliban? "Those five percent," Meerza says, "are very forceful. They use extortion and are always in and out of Pakistan." The hard Taliban deploy to the frontlines of the war against the Afghan government and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), the U.N.-mandated coalition that is attempting to secure Afghanistan against insurgency. These extremists, says Meerza, "are looking everywhere for insurgents who could be a threat to them. Even I would have a very difficult time infiltrating them...
...sees the Taliban as resurgent as well but believes their success stems from other causes. "If things remain the same," he says, "in two years the Taliban will have control of 80% of the people. This is due to corruption in the government - and a lack of trust." Many Afghans in the southern provinces are now increasingly trusting of the old religious warriors, who ensure peace and safety from bandits in places where the police and the Afghan army are ineffective. Says Meerza: "Now the Taliban have a good relationship with the people. They no longer take food and water...