Word: kabul
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...civilians from war's cruelties by demanding reciprocity in performance and forbidding a soldier to mimic a civilian. Neither al-Qaeda nor the Taliban can claim these qualifications. And the Taliban was not the recognized government of Afghanistan, nor a regular army. Its representative did not sit in Kabul's seat...
...still night in Kabul, two weeks ago, Marine guards in full combat gear at the U.S. embassy were startled by the whoosh of a fireball exploding underneath wintry trees at the far end of the diplomatic compound. The resident bomb-disposal expert decided to wait until dawn before venturing out of the fortified embassy to investigate. That's what makes him an expert. The explosion was only a decoy. The real killer was a land mine that was invisible in the dark but was spotted in the daylight half buried. Says Corporal Matthew Roberson of the Marine antiterrorist unit...
...carried out the embassy attack? The Arab members of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network have long since cleared out of Kabul, but many members of their Afghan cohort are at large, according to intelligence sources in the government of Prime Minister Hamid Karzai. The attack might also have been the work of Taliban fighters who still roam the city--in beardless disguise--acting on their own instead of with al-Qaeda. A third possibility is that the bomber was an Afghan who wanted payback for a bomb the U.S. mistakenly dropped on his home...
...post-Sept. 11 future proved unfounded. We spoke of the end of freedom, the death of irony, the shattering of American confidence at the cataclysmic end of the American Century. Yet, barely five months later, freedom rings in one of the most unlikely places: the streets of Kabul. Reports of the death of irony were greatly exaggerated. Once the shock subsided we regained our sense of humor, our awareness of the essential optimism of the human condition. From tears, the U.S. late-night show hosts soon segued into bin Laden jokes: "This guy Osama bin Laden, he has $300 million...
...they called Israeli "state terrorism" against the Palestinians. AFGHANISTAN Setback to Peace Interim leader Hamid Karzai?s appeal for more international troops proved timely: heavy fighting broke out in the southeastern Afghan town of Gardez while he was visiting London. Reports said at least 60 people died as a Kabul-appointed governor, Pacha Khan Zadran, tried to lay claim to the Paktia town. Residents supported local Pashtun leader Haji Saifullah. British Prime Minister Tony Blair told Karzai he could not expand his commitment beyond the U.K.?s promised 5,000 troops. PAKISTAN Shadowy World Police arrested two former Taliban ministers...