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For years, Hizb-I-Islami fighters have had a reputation for being more educated and worldly than their Taliban counterparts, who are often illiterate farmers.

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Topics: Being Counterparts Educated Farmers Fighters Had Illiterate More Often Reputation Taliban Than Who Worldly Years

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The existence of the Taliban, in my view, is a tragedy for Afghanistan. We as Americans need to understand our role in helping bring that tragedy about. So I think it's important to look at the stories about why these people are fighting.

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Topics: About Afghanistan American Bring Existence Fighting Helping Important Look Need Our People Role Stories Taliban Think Tragedy Understand View Why I Think

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I was living near the Twin Towers on 9/11, so I saw the attacks, and I had friends who were killed in the attacks.

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Some people will talk about how Afghanistan has improved, but they're really just talking about the cities. In the countryside where the war has been fought, it's really not that much better than it was in 2001.

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Topics: About Afghanistan Been Better Cities Countryside Fought How Improved Just Much People Really Some Some People Talk Talking Than War Where Will

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After the Soviet withdrawal, many Afghan Communists had rebranded themselves as Islamists and joined the mujahedeen.

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Topics: Afghan After Communists Had Joined Many Soviet Themselves Withdrawal

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The central thesis of the American failure in Afghanistan - the one you'll hear from politicians and pundits and even scholars - was succinctly propounded by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage: 'The war in Iraq drained resources from Afghanistan before things were under control'.

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Topics: Afghanistan American Before Central Control Deputy Drained Even Failure Hear Iraq Politicians Pundits Resources Richard Scholars Secretary State Thesis Things War Were You

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A military base in a country like Afghanistan is also a web of relationships, a hub for the local economy, and a key player in the political ecosystem.

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Topics: Afghanistan Also Base Country Economy Ecosystem Hub Key Like Local Military Player Political Relationships Web

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Unlike other Taliban groups, the Haqqanis' approach to mayhem was worldly and sophisticated: they recruited Arabs, Pakistanis, even Europeans, and they were influenced by the latest in radical Islamist thought.

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In the summer of 2004, Malem Jan was sitting with Sirajuddin Haqqani, the second son of Jalaluddin, in their Pakistani base in the North Waziristan town of Miram Shah when they heard their names on the BBC. The Americans were offering $250,000 and $200,000, respectively, as rewards for information leading to their capture.

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In 2012, I received a phone call from the family of Arsala Rahmani, the Afghan senator with whom I'd become friendly. That morning, a gunman had pulled up alongside Rahmani's vehicle, idling in a crowded intersection, and shot him point blank.

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Type: Journalist

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