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...Masood Farivar ’94, a former member of the Mujahideen resistance that fought the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, came to the U.S. for the first time in 1989. After applying to the College, Harvard suggested that he spend a year in an American high school. Farivar attended the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey before applying to Harvard again...
...This is no way to build a country." WALI MASOOD, brother of late Northern Alliance leader Ahmed Shah Masood, speculating that Afghan President Hamid Karzai discussed with the country's powerful warlords the possibility of offering them positions in a future government in return for their support in upcoming elections...
...Qaeda tribesmen. "Our view is that there are foreign fighters in those tribal areas who will have to be killed or captured," he said. "It's very important that the Pakistani military continue with their operations." In response to Barno's comments, Pakistani Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan retorted: "We cannot fire on our citizens, and that is why an innovative mechanism [the truce] has been used to resolve the issue...
...that the Pakistani army has stirred the hornet's nest, it is unlikely militants can be caught unawares and captured in their tribal-area hideaways in the foreseeable future. Bin Laden's fighters, says Islamabad-based columnist and retired General Talat Masood, "have almost certainly melted away into the hills." Mohammed, meanwhile, is now a local hero. Mobs of cheering tribesmen gather when his six-vehicle convoy, each auto mounted with machine guns, roars past. "I believe in the concept of jihad," Mohammed told reporters in his village of Shakai after the truce was signed, adding that he still considers...
...place on the Olympic squad. Before her race in Islamabad, Muqimyar dreamed of winning a medal for her country. Now she's not so sure. "The other girls, they have been training for many, many years. I can't be discouraged because already we have come so far." Masood Azizi, who will be running the men's 100 m, is also chastened by his performance in Islamabad, and has adjusted his own goals for this summer. "When people think of Afghanistan, they think of war," he says. "Now we can show the world that we have peace." Azizi, 18, only...