GLOBAL
Tags: REPORTERS & reporting; JOURNALISTS; TALIBAN; AFGHANISTAN -- Politics & government -- 2001-; JOURNALISM
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- GLOBAL. Cochrane, Joe // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);4/22/2002, Vol. 139 Issue 16, p6
Presents a journalist's experience reporting from Afghanistan. Reaction to interviewing a former senior Taliban officer who discussed the execution of Afghans under the Taliban; Emotions felt in Afghanistan that differed from feelings felt when reporting from other strife-torn countries;...
- ROAD RAGE. Gannon, Kathy // New Yorker;3/22/2004, Vol. 80 Issue 5, p40
Looks into the current situation in Afghanistan. Number of people killed in some areas of the country; Description of the road built by the Taliban Movement; Discussion of some places seen by the author.
- Opium Wars. DRAPER, ROBERT // National Geographic;Feb2011, Vol. 219 Issue 2, p58
In this article the author discusses the opium cultivation and traffic in the drug in Afghanistan. A number of topics are discussed including the support of the opium traffic on the part of the Taliban guerrilla movement, the eradication of opium poppies undertaken by the Afghan government, and...
- The man with a Taliban plan that could satisfy all sides. Nazir, Maulvi // Geo-Strategy Direct;8/29/2007, p7
The article focuses on Afghan Taliban commander Maulvi Nazir who represents Pakistan's plan for a Taliban that would expel Al Qaida fighters. Nazir, a member of the Kakakhel tribe and close to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, leads tribal forces in South Waziristan. Nobody is talking...
- Afghanistan: Regaining Momentum. Jalali, Ali A. // Parameters: U.S. Army War College;Winter2007, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p5
The article assesses conditions in Afghanistan six years after the U.S.-led invasion. The country is seen as threatened by instability and chaos from a resurgent Taliban and an ineffective central government. To avoid this, the author calls for domestic and international cooperation on revising...
- Religious leaders urge release of remaining Korean hostages. // Christian Century;9/4/2007, Vol. 124 Issue 18, p15
The article reports on the political situation surrounding Korean Christian hostages in Afghanistan in July 2007. Details concerning the demands of the captors and their association with the Taliban are given. Comments by political leaders and church spokesmen are given, each focusing on the...
- Afghanistan: Alternative Futures and Their Implications. Mukhtar, Naveed // Parameters: U.S. Army War College;Summer2011, Vol. 41 Issue 2, p62
The article looks at conditions in Afghanistan and the status of the Afghan War as of 2011. The author states that the country's stability following the planned withdrawal of U.S. troops depends on constructive involvement by the neighboring countries, particularly Pakistan. He suggests...
- Walking a FINE LINE. Moreau, Ron; Khan, Faisal Enayat // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);6/9/2003, Vol. 141 Issue 23, p30
Profiles Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Assassination attempt against Karzai; Opinion that the future of Afghanistan rests in his hands; Popularity of Karzai and his support from the U.S. and Europe; Hit-and-run guerrilla attacks by Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan; Need for Karzai to...
- WHAT WE MUST DO NOW. Clark, Wesley K. // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);10/2/2006, Vol. 148 Issue 14, p23
This article focuses on the situation in Afghanistan, where the Taliban has resurfaced five years after being toppled by the U.S. invasion of 2001. The author claims the resurgence of the Taliban is partly due to the U.S.'s definition of its original mission, which was to strike the Taliban and...
