Word: bazaar
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...remote stretch of Afghanistan's border with Pakistan sits a thriving bazaar crammed with grimy shops and simple houses. Locals know it as Angurada, but it might as well be called al-Qaeda Town. In an audacious show of force by an organization that is supposed to be on the run, al-Qaeda, according to U.S. and Afghan officials, has claimed the hamlet as its own and is using the redoubt as a base for attacks on U.S. forces. Strangest of all, this is happening in Afghanistan proper, where the U.S. military has, in theory, freedom of action to move...
Three months ago, the Frontier Corps went further, presumably on behalf of al-Qaeda. Its troops moved to positions on a ridge sloping over the bazaar and dug eight sandbagged bunkers, fitting each with an artillery piece and two antiaircraft guns. Angurada was sealed off. Though woefully underfunded, the Frontier Corps in this case was able to distribute thousands of dollars to quell any local opposition. "Some people wanted to rise up against the militia, but the tribal elders who wanted to resist were paid off to stay quiet and accept it. Some elders and groups got as much...
...other side of the ridge, U.S. special forces have established a firebase in the neighboring village of Shkin. For these men, the Angurada bazaar, only a few miles away, is treacherous. When they enter it, they come under fire. The firebase has been repeatedly rocketed. Laments Afghan Interior Ministry intelligence chief Niamatullah Jalili: "Al-Qaeda is using this town, and there's nothing we can do." U.S. forces are also frustrated at their inability to strike at the al-Qaeda operatives they know are inside. Says Colonel Roger King, spokesman for the U.S. military in Afghanistan: "It's not like...
...autographs, which ruins the sketch because it undermines the whole concept of Jackass: horrifying unsuspecting bystanders. To fix this, the crew went to Japan and Mexico to tape much of the movie, and now Tremaine is bailing on the Big 5 to head up to the Van Nuys Bazaar Swap Meet, which is free of kids...
...permission to traverse the Torugart Pass. This year, the Irkeshtam Pass was opened, which is cheaper and requires less paperwork. Both the budget-oriented Edelweiss Travel, tel: (996-312) 280 788, and the more upmarket Celestial Mountains, tel: (996-312) 212 562, will haul you from Bishkek to the bazaar in four-wheel-drive vehicles. Unless, of course, you'd rather spend a few weeks on a camel...