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...driven out of their last urban strongholds in Kandahar and Jalalabad, headed, no doubt, for the hills where they'll hope to reprise the mujahedeen guerrilla tradition. But reports suggest much of the post-Taliban south is now being carved up among various local Pashtun commanders. Fighters loyal to Arif Khan, a local tribal leader, are said to hold Kandahar's airport. One Yunus Khalis has claimed Jalalabad and the Pakistani border town of Torkham. And so on. With the Taliban gone, most local warlords who once fought on their side have mutinied, and are now staking their claim...
...Beside a freshly dug grave a man named Irfan sits alone reading the Koran. His brother Mudasir Ahmed Rather, 19, and his friend Arif Mohammed Khan, 18, were the last militants to die before India's unilateral ceasefire took effect on Nov. 28. They were shot dead by Indian security forces on Nov. 26 soon after returning from their training camps in Pakistan, across the Line of Control, which divides Kashmir. Irfan says he tried to turn the two away from violence. His plea was rejected. "They said they wanted to become martyrs." Martyrs for Kashmir? "No," says Irfan, "martyrs...
...No.3 spot in that same match, Bullock took former Dennison University All-American Arif Paul to five games but was unable to prevail...
...House; Eliza C. Block, David L. Edeli, Jarasa Mangkorn Kanok, Siddharth Mohandas, Jennifer M. Stager, Daniel M. Sussner and Laura Winthrop, of Leverett House; Jacob F. Lentz, Caitrin E. Moran, Mary W.D. Nicklin, Mathhew T. Ozug, Emma F. Phillips, Benjamin A. Railton and James S.F. Wilson, of Lowell House; Arif N. Nathoo, Nicholas R. Parrillo, Erwin R. Rosinberg and Derek D. Smith, of Mather House; Nadarajan Chetty, Tricia M. Michels and Hannah K.R. Weiss, of Pforzheimer House; Julie M. Lau, Nora B. Morrison, Jason D. North, Dasa Pejchar, Samuel P. Tepperman-Gelfant and Griffin M. Weber, of Quincy House...
Wyant opened the tournament with wins over opponents from Penn and Amherst. Arif Paul of Denison extended Wyant to five games before Wyant took the final frame...