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Educated moderates like Samimi have no love for the Taliban. But they have become disillusioned with the current government, in large part because of the unaddressed venality of militia commanders. Francesc Vendrell, the former European Union envoy to Afghanistan, holds that warlordism, as he calls it, is just as much at the root of the insurgency as religious ideology. "In Muslim society, justice is the most essential element, and here in Afghanistan, people simply don't see it exist. They see impunity, they see a few people become extremely wealthy, and they see cruelty," Vendrell says. "Therefore I think many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Warlords of Afghanistan | 2/12/2009 | See Source »

...that has alienated the very Afghans that the West depends on to build a strong, stable country. Educated moderates, such as Samimi, have no love for the Taliban, but they have also become disillusioned with the current government's failings, as exemplified by the unaddressed predations of militia commanders. Francesc Vendrell, the former European Union envoy to Afghanistan, holds that "warlordism," as he calls it, is just as much at the root of the insurgency as religious ideology. "In Muslim society justice is the most essential element and, here in Afghanistan, people simply don't see it exist. They...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Warlords Toughen US Task in Afghanistan | 12/9/2008 | See Source »

...determined not by genetics but by temperature: the undifferentiated embryo develops testes or ovaries on the basis of whichever option conveys evolutionary advantages for that particular environment. Now, in a study published in the July 30 edition of the scientific journal Public Library of Science, Natalia Ospina-Alvarez and Francesc Piferrer have gone a little further in explaining how that mechanism works. In laboratory tests, they have demonstrated that higher water temperatures result in more male fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Warming's Fish-Sex Effect | 7/30/2008 | See Source »

...Carlos A small bar and restaurant in a casa restaurada in the town of Sant Francesc...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Formentera | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

Center of Sant Francesc Every morning there is a market with many stalls selling almost everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Formentera | 9/11/2006 | See Source »

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