Life, Death And The Taliban: Blowback

Taliban fighters on a hillside at Maydan Shahr in Wardak province, west of Kabul
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From Global Post:

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — On a dusty plain not far from the border with Afghanistan, mud-brick walls weathered by rain and time still mark the boundaries of what were once sprawling Afghan refugee camps.

The walls are a crumbling memory of the first time I came to this frontier town in 1995 to report on what was then a new force in the region, the Taliban.

And now, 14 years later, on this same patch of earth, the Jelozai Camp is filling up once again. Beyond the remnants of the old walls are new rows of white, UNHCR tents sprouting and filling up with hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people.

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My Comment: I somehow missed this story last week. It gives an interesting analysis and look at the Taliban. This is a long piece .... but a must read.

The other articles on Afghanistan are also informative .... and also deserved to be read.