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...ordered the "American Taliban" held without bond, citing Lindh's extreme flight risk. Despite pleas from his parents to release their son, the 20-year-old will remain in federal custody until his trial later this year. "It may be argued by the defense that the defendant is a loyal American," Judge Curtis Sewell said, "but the evidence before the court belies that assumption...
...monopoly of force in a sovereign territory. And two days of fierce fighting in the southeastern town of Gardez have shown the limits of Kabul's authority. When the shooting stopped, Thursday, the warlord appointed governor by Karzai, Padsha Khan Zadran, had been repelled from the city by forces loyal to rival warlord Saifullah...
...special forces in the area remained confined to base and warplanes circling overhead declined to intervene. Other Afghan forces loyal to Karzai's interim government in Kabul also declined to get involved in the fighting at Gardez, which saw as many as 60 people killed. The reason was simple: it was hard to pick a side. Both sides fielded former Taliban fighters, and the dispute centered simply on the allocation of power among rival warlords...
...Iran has been accused of arming and funding forces loyal to its longtime client Ismail Khan in the western city of Herat, who are challenging the authorities in Kabul. Rival warlords have squared off around Kandahar. The Northern Alliance itself remains divided among various factions, and most of southern Afghanistan's major towns were simply taken over by coalitions of local warlords, many of whom continue to seek to expand their fiefdoms at the expense of their rivals. Into the mix throw thousands of Taliban and al-Qaeda holdouts (including most of their senior leadership) still roaming the hills...
Regardless of The Crimson’s many flaws, all of which our loyal readers have pointed out to us, the fact remains that it is the paper of record on the Harvard campus. When students compile projects about Harvard history, they come to us. When national newspapers look for comment on a Harvard issue, they come to us. When administrators want to leak a piece of news, they come to us. The Gazette is also a paper of record, but like the defunct Pravda it emulates, it tends to gloss over important controversies in favor of feel-good, fund...