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...dozen Taliban airplanes and helicopters and eviscerated the regime's air defenses. But sources inside Afghanistan say the Taliban's military has not been mortally degraded. And while Rumsfeld said, "we do see snippets of intelligence information suggesting part of the Taliban is starting to decide that they'd prefer not to be part of the Taliban," there were also signs that some are committed to fight to their death. Young militants streamed across the Pakistani border near Chaman hoping to join the fight. At the strategic northern town of Mazar-i-Sharif, Taliban fighters waged pitched battles against...
...created, and a waiter cracks, "Yeah, and I'm working four of them"? Well, it's no laughing matter anymore. In recent years, more Americans have been working part time. Some are moonlighting for extra money. Others put two or three part-time jobs together. Still others prefer part-time work because it gives them more time to care for children or elderly parents. But now that hard times have hit, the part-timers are getting hit harder than most...
...Tension is high in Peshawar as bombing raids inside Afghanistan continue. Anti-American sentiment permeates the streets and alleys. My barber whispered to me that he would prefer to come by my office to cut my hair during these next few months, or at least until things calm down a bit more. He did not want me to risk walking down the alley to his barbershop. I agreed, and expressed my concern for him and his family...
...Pakistan among mostly Pashtun mujahedeen leaders hoping to forge a "southern alliance" against the Taliban (and the Northern Alliance, whom many Pashtuns distrust). The delegates urged the U.S. to halt its bombing campaign on the grounds that this was supposedly consolidating Pashtun support for the Taliban. They'd prefer to bring down the Taliban by coaxing its supporters away. And they want a Muslim force to keep the peace (Turkey being the prime candidate). And from the paper's discussion of the struggle for power between rival anti-Taliban factions, the peacekeepers may be kept busy...
Thus, while some of my classmates will continue listing, I prefer to continue living. For my part, I’ll make my lists when I’m done...