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...combat since 2003, and a Taliban directive has decreed that ANA soldiers are infidels for their affiliation with the foreign forces. Insurgents prefer to target Afghan forces rather than NATO, knowing that the poorly prepared troops rarely drive armored vehicles and that they lack sufficient retaliatory firepower to mount a counteroffensive. The rising military death toll has made recruiting new soldiers even more difficult, says Colonel Karimullah, head of army recruiting in Kabul. "The boys themselves are not afraid," he says. "But it is their parents who make the decisions to let them join, and when they see all this...
...While attending Take The Lead, a leadership program for female teens at Mount Holyoke College, Alex was asked to create a program based on something she felt strongly about. "I asked my mom what she would want, and she said, 'Maybe a restaurant, an amusement park, a trip where people aren't going to be looking at us thinking, 'Why can't you control your child...
...weeks, much of Greece has burned. The raging wildfires have even scorched the "lungs" of Athens, the great fir-and-pine-carpeted parapet of Mount Parnitha. A national park and a European Union-protected wildlife reserve, Parnitha was the last swathe of substantial greenery accessible to the capital's 5 million residents, teeming with deer, squirrels and wild rabbits, and acting as a natural air conditioner to offset the heat and pollution emitted by the capital's 2.5 million cars. July has left the capital choking, as hundreds of firefighters and conscript soldiers battled to stop Parnitha's inferno from...
...that everyone could afford the best tires, monthlong vacations in Florida every winter and luxury vehicles. I was shocked into reality as this lifestyle declined over time. From then on, I let the less fortunate customers look through my used-tire pile. After I closed up, I stayed to mount and balance tires for free. We all have a tendency to overlook what's often right before our eyes. David A. Robinson, BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA...
...mental and medical legacy of their early illness. They know their victory comes at a price, and science won't let them forget. With every new study of childhood-cancer survivors, evidence of the lingering health dangers from their treatments--heart disease, secondary cancers, cognitive deficits--continues to mount. "Some- times I feel like a walking time bomb," says Dyer...