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2005-05-23 Afghanistan/South Asia

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Posted by Seafarious 2005-05-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 How odd. And I thought Afghanistan was doing so well.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-05-23 00:30|| 2005-05-23 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Me too.

Posted by raptor 2005-05-23 08:29|| 2005-05-23 08:29|| Front Page Top

#3 That's not the talk at the ~~bar~~ press club.

Posted by Shipman 2005-05-23 08:38|| 2005-05-23 08:38|| Front Page Top

#4 they got a huge drug problem. Theres always potential tension as Karzai leans back and forth between the Pashtuns and the pro-Northern Alliance minorities. But the Taliban seem to be in definite decline, either getting killed or surrendering. Its not quite where it should be, but this article is like out of nowhere.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-05-23 09:18|| 2005-05-23 09:18|| Front Page Top

#5 it's the dreaded Afghan ~~Spring~~ Summer ~~Fall~~

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-23 09:44|| 2005-05-23 09:44|| Front Page Top

#6 they got a huge drug problem...

They do got a huge drug problem, indeed. And why? Britain's Government, in its wisdom, given the task of dealing with the opium industry issue post-Taliban decided not to pursue an aggressive campaign but to go for some third-way baloney which failed outright, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. It would only be fair that British troops made up the numbers required to deal with Labour's strategic failure.

You'd have thought they'd know from Northern Ireland that dealing with criminals wearing kid gloves solves nothing.

Posted by Bulldog ">Bulldog 2005-05-23 13:58|| 2005-05-23 13:58|| Front Page Top

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