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...That's OK with me. I was across the border at last, heading towards Kandahar. At a roadblock were two authentic Taliban with AK-47s. In a land where all men are obliged by law (and a good beating) to grow a beard two fists long, you can tell the Taliban by their turbans, which are white or a more sinister black. These guys had festooned their rifle straps with ribbons of cassette tape, banned music confiscated from passing cars and buses...
...sure, or are they just saying that?" asks Hassan with a laugh. He surveys the battlefield, constantly kneading his prayer beads. His troops are meeting heavier resistance on the left flank. As they get out of their APC to try an assault, they are met with a crackle of AK-47 fire...
...dead of night, horses poured from the hills. They came charging down from the craggy ridges in groups of 10, their riders dressed in flowing shalwar kameez and armed with AK-47s and grenade launchers. In the Kishindi Valley below, 35 miles south of the prized northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, the few Taliban tanks in the area not destroyed by American bombs took aim at the Northern Alliance cavalry galloping toward them. But the 600 horsemen had been ordered to charge directly into the line of fire. "If you ride fast enough, you can get to them...
...bullets. Or the Air Force is summoned to finish the job with a bunker-buster bomb. The moment of vengeance has arrived, even possibly "closure" for the loved ones of his victims. But two weeks later, there "he" is again on Al Jezeera, wearing the flak jacket and linens, AK propped up against he wall behind him, ranting about Lawrence of Arabia and how his nuclear and chemical arsenal is strictly a deterrent. Will the real Osama bin Laden please stand...
...Finally, he found the main road leading out of downtown Jalalabad to Torkham. Traffic was at a standstill. And then suddenly, a pickup full of militants carrying rocket grenades and AK-47 rifles was just in front of us. The gunmen asked us to stop...