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NATO troops taking charge of security in southern Afghanistan are entering what is quickly becoming a war zone, as the Taliban makes its boldest strides since it was driven from power by the U.S. and its allies in November 2001. Although Afghan government officials in Kandahar insist that "we are taking control on everything, the area has been calm since two months," residents of the city and its surroundings view things differently. Businesses have closed, and recent intense clashes between Taliban fighters and security forces have created a sense that the political order installed in Kabul after the Taliban...
...results. Even the Bush Administration was engaged in an extensive dialogue with the Iranians just a few years ago. In the wake of 9/11, a State Department--led negotiating team secured Iran's cooperation--or at least its noninterference--with the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and overthrow of the Taliban...
...Frontier After the fall of the Taliban, al-Zarqawi slips out through Iran to northern Iraq, linking up with local terrorism groups. He achieves global notoriety when Colin Powell names him in his February 2003 U.N. speech laying out the U.S.?s case for invading Iraq...
...neatly edited footage of interviews and mini-biographies, the Afghan women speak candidly about their lives under the Taliban and during the civil war. They often follow horror stories with laughter, creating a disarming effect on the audience; however, after suffering all there is to suffer, these inspiring women seem ready to move on. They come across stunningly familiar and endearing as they articulate their views on family and marriage...
...Beauty Academy of Kabul” portraits beauty both in form and content. Under the Taliban, the Afghan women were willing to risk their lives to secretly run beauty salons because they valued beauty whether the public could see their face or not. In the post-Taliban Afghanistan, they are eager to learn makeup application techniques because they see the economic opportunity in the trade...