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...vocalists, long a part of Afghan tradition, were silenced from 1996-2001 by the puritanical Taliban regime, which regarded song as un-Islamic, and had many musicians arrested and beaten. Now, three years after the Taliban defeat, singers are wandering back from exile in Europe and the U.S. to a tumultuous welcome, and Kabul's virtuosos have unearthed the instruments they buried in their gardens. Songs blast from Kabul shops, and more than a dozen radio stations flourish around the country. Mirwais, one of the first to sing in public after the Taliban's ouster, is at the vanguard...
...Last October's Presidential elections were crucial. Eight million Afghans swarmed to the polls, defying Taliban threats of sabotage and terror. "It was a moral and psychological defeat for the Taliban," Olson told TIME. Karzai helped the process along, clipping the wings of regional warlords such as Ismael Khan in Herat province and Uzbek strongman Rashid Dostum, enemies of the Pashtun tribes that are the main backers of the Taliban...
...defeat not only marked a milestone for Vitt, but was also Harvard’s first loss to the Bulldogs since...
...Crimson (26-6-3) advanced to its third straight NCAA finals with a thorough 4-1 defeat of ECAC foe St. Lawrence (27-8-5) in the Frozen Four Friday night...
Perhaps one of the biggest wins of the early season, the Crimson welcomed No. 6 St. Lawrence into Bright on Nov. 19th and then sent them packing with an overwhelming 5-1 defeat...