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...warlords. Don't be fooled by high-minded discussions in the West about giving the Afghan people a broadly representative government -ethnic and tribal strongmen are carving out fiefdoms faster than you can say "Taliban retreat," and it may well be these "facts on the ground" that determine the shape of the next government...
...will probably be true for the terrorist himself and many of his acolytes. And Washington has undertaken to help the Afghan people with humanitarian aid and support for a new, broad-based government. But it's already clear that the men with the guns are looking to decide the shape of the future, their sense of entitlement deepened by their proxy service to the U.S. war effort...
...absolutely the worst game I’ve ever played,” Rose says. “It was a culmination of all the things we’d been doing bad all year. I was by far in the worst physical shape of the year as well...
...Talk is already turning to the future government, even elections. The plan is to call a Loyat Jirga, a national gathering of all Afghanistan's tribal chiefs to debate the shape of the country's new order. Atta says all the commanders are anxious to avoid a repeat of 1992 when, after defeating the Soviets, rival commanders turned on each other and fought pitched battles on the streets of the capital. "This time we want to have democracy," he says. "We have to keep the people with...
...Crimson can clinch the Ivy title outright next weekend at home with either a tie of a win against defending champion Brown. The win also puts the Crimson in excellent shape to snag one of the 48 NCAA tournament bids that will be handed out next week...