Life, death and the Taliban

GlobalPost by Charles Sennott | Aug. 10, 2009 (Special Report)

Life, death and the Taliban seeks to enhance America’s understanding of Taliban history in Afghanistan and Pakistan. At this crucial time in the U.S.-led war against the Taliban, Charlie Sennott recaps the group’s rise to power and looks at current political and counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan. Photographer Seamus Murphy, who has long chronicled the shifts of power in Afghanistan, accompanied Sennott to Kabul for this report. Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S.
Topics: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Terrorism, Foreign Policy
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Posted by: Posted by Beth Tucker - Aug 10, 2009 - 6:24 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Beth Tucker (review), Clayton Powers (review)
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Edited by: Beth Tucker - Aug 10, 2009 - 6:24 AM PDT
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 by Beth Tucker - Aug. 10, 2009

In this report GlobalPost unpack the complex history of the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan. At a defining moment in the U.S - led war against the Taliban, the project sheds new light on a land that has been a graveyard for empires.

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 by Clayton Powers - Aug. 10, 2009

Extraordinary on the ground reporting with a powerful humanitarian point of view. Extremely informative about the most horrible ideology since Hitler's National Socialism and the extraordinarily complicated social atmosphere it is poisoning.

Afghanistan is not Vietnam. We, the United States are not the aggressor but the defender against a vicious and warped clique of deliberately ... More »

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