Word: kabul
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...this is the very reason for my return," he insists. "I want to dedicate the last few years of my life to confront the difficulties in the land to which I belong." He will leave his villa in north Rome for a cluster of hillside residences in Kabul (his palace is a fire-gutted shell). He is curious to see whether the small farm 20 miles from the capital, where he grew grapes, melons and pears from imported plants, survived the war. Karzai hopes that Zahir Shah will be a symbol of unity, but the President won't have...
There's a mischievous story doing the rounds in Kabul about why the Americans can't find Osama bin Laden. The whisper among embassy staff and aid workers over whisky at the U.N. club is that the key obstacle is Afghanistan's lauded interim leader, Hamid Karzai. Karzai knows the Americans will leave as soon as they get their man. He also knows his own position?and almost all hope for preventing a civil war between the country's warlords?depends on their staying. So Karzai has Osama bin Laden under lock and key in the presidential palace...
...That theory is pure fancy, of course. But it does precisely describe the delicate state of Afghanistan's future. "Finding Osama would be a disaster for Afghanistan," says a senior Western political adviser in Kabul. "Karzai needs to keep the various commanders in check and consolidate the new government. And the only way to do that is to keep the Americans on for as long as possible." And while the arrival of U.S. troops has persuaded the warlords not to turn against one another just yet, Karzai has been unable to persuade Washington to maintain its military presence indefinitely. Wary...
...anyone doubts the ardor of grass-roots support for the anti-American militancy in southern Afghanistan, Kandahar's cemetery for al-Qaeda fighters bears unequivocal testimony. Hundreds of mourners have descended on the graveyard from as far away as Mazar-i-Sharif, Kabul and Uruzgan province. What began as daily homages have grown into all-night vigils. Men, women and children sleep by the graves. Devotees recite the Koran throughout the night. The paralyzed, ill and blind flock to the site seeking miracle cures, which many claim to receive. Men mumble, repeating scripture until they fall into a trance, swaying...
Goldfeld visited three refugee camps in northwest Afghanistan, in addition to meeting with newly installed officials in Kabul who endorsed ARC’s efforts...