Word: kabul
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...Taliban’s viciousness—how it beat women for showing their faces in public and how it stoned to death even petty criminals. Back then, the so-called Northern Alliance was still a force to be reckoned with and still controlled the capital city of Kabul. But support for the Taliban continued to grow and the two sides fought fiercely. Everyone knew that the Northern Alliance needed outside support in order to repel Taliban attacks. Yet once again, the Washington turned the other cheek, and Kabul fell to the Taliban in September...
...Going In Oct. 29, 2001 ----------------- The Fear Factor Oct. 22, 2001 ----------------- Facing the Fury Oct. 15, 2001 ----------------- How Real Is the Threat? Oct. 8, 2001 ----------------- Life on the Home Front Oct. 1, 2001 ----------------- One Nation, Indivisible Sept. 24, 2001 ----------------- Day of Infamy Sept. 14, 2001 PHOTO ESSAYS Kabul Unveiled Taliban on the Run More Photos >>> MORE STORIES Where's OBL: Letter from Tora Bora Anthrax: Where the Investigation Stands TIME/CNN POLL: Americans Standing By Bush's War More Stories...
...Taliban disintegrates, as a number of analysts suggest it may in the face of even limited military action by the West. The Taliban's remarkable rise to power was assisted in no small part by direct support from Pakistan, which has now been withdrawn. And its rapid march on Kabul was facilitated by the defection of many field commanders loyal to Rabbani who sensed a shift in the political winds. It is widely expected that a similar dynamic may work against the Taliban once it comes under concerted military pressure. And Pakistan is now reportedly working to court moderate Taliban...
...Going In Oct. 29, 2001 ----------------- The Fear Factor Oct. 22, 2001 ----------------- Facing the Fury Oct. 15, 2001 ----------------- How Real Is the Threat? Oct. 8, 2001 ----------------- Life on the Home Front Oct. 1, 2001 ----------------- One Nation, Indivisible Sept. 24, 2001 ----------------- Day of Infamy Sept. 14, 2001 PHOTO ESSAYS Kabul Unveiled Taliban on the Run More Photos >>> MORE STORIES Where's OBL: Letter from Tora Bora Anthrax: Where the Investigation Stands TIME/CNN POLL: Americans Standing By Bush's War More Stories...
...rubble that is Kabul today is a stark reminder of the pitfalls of trying to govern a land unrivaled in its unruliness, and it may be a long time before Afghanis are willing to believe that a transitional government is anything more than a temporary, tactical option for forces that have been fighting one another for more than a decade...