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...purpose in the pretty southeastern Afghanistan farming town was to report a story about cross-border terrorism. About 13 miles away, in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal agency, lies Mir Ali, near which several Taliban training camps are said to be based. "That's the center of international terrorism," said our host Hajji Faisel Rahman Muslim. Whether or not that's true, many Khost residents are convinced that the town is the Qaeda headquarters responsible for the plague of suicide bombings (some 20 this year) that have rocked Khost...
...peace accord signed last September with tribal leaders in North Waziristan, the Pakistani government agreed to scale down its operations in the area if local militants would refrain from attacking government troops and would end cross-border raids into Afghanistan. On that front, the agreement has clearly failed - cross-border attacks have increased threefold since September, according to U.S. military officials. Many of those have been bomb attacks on government officials and police officers in provincial capitals such as Khost. Last year, Hajji Muslim was nearly killed by a remote-detonated IED that blew apart his car and left...
...rain didn’t go away, but it still came again another day. With inclement weather conditions pounding Soldiers Field, the Harvard softball team’s home opener against Holy Cross was postponed indefinitely, with no makeup date announced. The Crimson spent the two previous weekends on the road, competing at the Northern Invitational in Plant City, Fla. and the Eller Media Stadium Classic in Las Vegas, Nev. Harvard tallied a 4-5 record in the non-conference matchups. Harvard is next scheduled to take the field in Macon, Ga., where the Crimson will compete in the Mercer...
...Sampson, who resigned as chief of staff Monday, is the focus of much attention on the Hill. But the person most squarely in Congress's cross hairs is Sampson's former boss, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. On Tuesday, Bush said Gonzales "has got work to do up there," pacifying lawmakers, and though some read that as a possible prelude to Gonzales' forced resignation, most Administration watchers doubt the President would ever pull the plug himself on a Texas loyalist such as the Attorney General, who has been with Bush for years...
...Snyder rocketed in another goal after with 5:35 left in the fourth period, which was followed by a score by sophomore Devon MacLaughlin two minutes later. The Crimson rally died on the Bears’ next goal—a score by an undefended Ally Wyatt off a cross-pool pass. A final shot by MacLaughlin hit the pipe as the buzzer sounded and the first game of the teams’ two-game season series ended in defeat. “Well, it was three good quarters and one lousy one,” Harvard coach Erik Farrar...