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...deprivation," says this officer, who claims that no more was needed. "Khalid was talking. He was cooperating. He wasn't defiant at all." A few days later, according to Pakistani sources, Mohammed was flown in a U.S. Chinook helicopter to the American air base at Bagram, Afghanistan, north of Kabul. U.S. sources will not confirm that Mohammed was taken to Bagram, but an Afghan general tells TIME that he saw Mohammed taken off the helicopter, hooded and manacled. He may or may not still be there. A Jordanian official has told TIME that at the end of last week, Mohammed...
...there's a downside to the Afghanistan example: almost 18 months after the Taliban's defeat, Karzai's authority doesn't extend far beyond the gates of the palace in Kabul where he's permanently guarded by U.S. personnel. Much of Afghanistan has been carved up among rival warlords, and even Karzai's own Defense Minister has refused to disband his private militias. The opium trade and banditry remain staple economic activities; the Taliban and al-Qaeda are regrouping and expanding their activity both in the countryside and in the capital; and U.S. and coalition forces come under fire almost...
...southern Afghanistan killed at least 18 civilians. Afghan authorities blame members of the former Taliban and al-Qaeda for the blast, and possibly a ruthless veteran of Afghanistan's war with the Soviet Union, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who seems to be consolidating power among the insurgents. In Kabul, police arrested three al-Qaeda suspects who allegedly planned to blow up the heavily fortified U.S. embassy, which is used by the international peacekeeping force. "The Taliban and al-Qaeda fled to Pakistan," says Abdul Raziq, an allied Afghan commander. "But now they're heading back." --By Tim McGirk
...World Trade Center and the Pentagon. That was how "John," one of the SOG's paramilitary officers, unexpectedly found himself peering out the open window of a Soviet-made Mi-17 helicopter that day as it soared over the Anjuman Pass and into the Panjshir Valley, northeast of Kabul. Just ahead on the ground, John spotted a patrol of bearded men in turbans toting AK-47 rifles...
...battle with Iraq. Indeed, the past few days have highlighted just how far the U.S. remains from bringing order to Afghanistan. On Jan. 31, 18 people died a few kilometers outside Kandahar when a bus hit a land mine apparently planted by antigovernment extremists. The previous day, police in Kabul arrested three al-Qaeda suspects who allegedly planned a series of car bombings against international peacekeeping forces. Adding to the sense of gloom, a U.S. Army MH?60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed last week?apparently accidentally?during a nighttime training mission. All four crew members were killed...