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...officer stared at me intently, then laughed mirthlessly. "You stand out anyway." He turned to Ali. "If something happens to her on this road, you will be responsible." He waved us through the checkpoint and soon Ali and I were heading out of Kabul toward Sarobi, an hour's drive away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Afghanistan, the Dangers of an Ordinary Day | 10/20/2008 | See Source »

...major art exhibition has opened in the Afghan capital Kabul. Given its location in a war-torn country known better for anarchy than aesthetics, this is remarkable. But even if one were to ignore that fact, Living Traditions, an exhibition of contemporary pieces from Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, is extraordinary on its own merits as a moving meditation on modernity, tradition, beauty and horror...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Art in War-Torn Afghanistan | 10/17/2008 | See Source »

...Afghanistan, Rashid said. The remedy should be a major diplomatic initiative, involving countries such as Iran and India. These countries are crucial because each has an interest in Afghanistan’s future and many of them seek to control the country now, Rashid said. “Kabul has become the new Kashmir,” Rashid said, referring to the growing rivalry between Indian and Pakistani intelligence services in Afghanistan’s capital. Some audience members, including Kurt L. Sonntag, a Kennedy School national security fellow who has spent time in Afghanistan and Pakistan, disagreed with where...

Author: By William N. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Taliban Reemerges, Journalist Warns | 10/15/2008 | See Source »

...Pakistan's lawless mountain sanctuaries, the bulk of what is currently known as the Taliban in Afghanistan is made up of disaffected and alienated bands of Pashtun tribesmen who have been leveraged out of their traditional power bases and are disillusioned by the increasingly corrupt and ineffective government in Kabul. The only point that these groups - some of which are made up of opportunistic criminals, narcotics kingpins and smugglers - can agree on is that they are against the Afghan government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facing Reality in Afghanistan: Talking with the Taliban | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

...With reporting by Ali Safi / Kabul (Click here to see Hidden Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facing Reality in Afghanistan: Talking with the Taliban | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

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