January 2009
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“Perhaps to the soldier the civilian is the man who employs him to kill, who...”
– Graham Greene, The Quiet American
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WatchNato’s new supply route is Afghanistan’s deadliest mountain tunnel, the Salang.
Obama ready to cut Karzai adrift →
The Independent
By Jerome Starkey and Kim Sengupta in Kabul
Barack Obama’s arrival in the White House and the wind of change sweeping through Washington could lead to the ousting from power of Hamid Karzai, President of Afghanistan, The Independent has learnt.
International support for Mr Karzai, who was once the darling of the West, has waned spectacularly, amid worsening violence,...