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...Qaeda Connection Other key Taliban demands will be less easy to meet. In any negotiations, for example, the Taliban would want to see a timeline for the withdrawal of international forces. The problem there, Hekmat Karzai says, is that "Afghans know that if the international soldiers leave we won't have a solid security institution, so foreign withdrawal has to be concomitant with increased Afghan security forces." But training of the Afghan army and police force is going more slowly than planned, and U.S. and European instructors are in short supply. It will be several years before Afghan troops...
...Terrapins (15-5-2) came into the contest having won four of their last five games but were put on the back foot immediately...
...loss was a disappointing end to a season in which Harvard (14-4-1) exceeded expectations and won the Ivy League title...
Still, Harvard’s persistence won out. Knotted with its hosts at 13 points apiece early on, the Crimson began pounding it inside, relying on the play of its forwards to lead its offense...
Notre Dame is 6-6 this season, and Weis, 54, didn't do much better in his previous four seasons as coach. While the Fighting Irish have won 11 national championships in their storied history, the team has not won one for 21 years. And while some may point to the shortcomings of its coach or players, a more fundamental reason may lie in a crisis of the Catholic faith. (See a story about Bill Hancock, head of the Bowl Championship Series...