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...Afghan warlord Gul Agha Shirzai, the horse trading has already begun. On the edge of a magnificent carpet in his vast reception room, Shirzai holds court daily, propped against a bolster, surrounded by whispering attendants and discreetly armed bodyguards. For the past month, a steady stream of low-level tribal leaders from across the border in Afghanistan has appeared at his ornate doors in Quetta, Pakistan, seeking an audience with a man they expect will soon return from a five-year exile. His contacts and prominence--Shirzai heads an ancient and powerful clan--make him a strong contender to replace...
...haven for terrorists. "[We] should learn a lesson from the previous engagement in the Afghan area that we should not just simply leave after a military objective has been achieved," President Bush said at his press conference in Washington Thursday. But given the complexities of the Afghan tribal structure, the monstrous poverty afflicting the country and the competing views of its neighbors, Bush may find staying in Afghanistan as unappealing as leaving is. The message of history: If you think war in Afghanistan is hard, wait till you see peace...
...Afghan warlord Gul Agha Shirzai, the horse trading has already begun. On the edge of a magnificent carpet in his vast reception room, Shirzai holds court daily, propped against a bolster, surrounded by whispering attendants and discreetly armed bodyguards. For the past month, a steady stream of low-level tribal leaders from across the border in Afghanistan has appeared at his ornate doors in Quetta, Pakistan, seeking an audience with a man they expect will soon return from a five-year exile. His contacts and prominence?Shirzai heads an ancient and powerful clan?make him a strong contender to replace...
...haven for terrorists. "(We) should learn a lesson from the previous engagement in the Afghan area that we should not just simply leave after a military objective has been achieved," President Bush said at his press conference in Washington Thursday. But given the complexities of the Afghan tribal structure, the monstrous poverty afflicting the country and the competing views of its neighbors, Bush may find staying in Afghanistan as unappealing as leaving is. The message of history: If you think war in Afghanistan is hard, wait till you see peace...
...kilo to $200 since Sept 11th, because the Taliban commanders who'd stockpiled tons of opium were nervously selling it off), and then the conversation turned to the dud Cruise missiles which had landed around Kandahar. These traders shifted eagerly on their stacks of plum-dark Bokharas and somber tribal Baluch carpets...