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Capital Gains Tax

From interviews with former Taliban fighters conducted in Kabul and published by the Afghanistan Analysts Network in February. Translated from the Pashto. Leaving the Taliban’s friendly environment was difficult. There…

Mobbed Up

by Andrew Cockburn,

How America boosts the Afghan opium trade

Kandahar’s Mystery Executions

by Anand Gopal,

Are the Afghan police using torture to achieve peace?

Dissociated Press

by Mujib Mashal,

Headline news under the Taliban

The Pious Spy

by Mujib Mashal,

A Taliban intelligence chief’s death and resurrection

Proxy Syndrome

by Mujib Mashal,

Afghanistan fights fire with fire in its war against the Taliban

Did a Top Taliban Leader Fake His Own Death?

by Harper’s Magazine,

Harper’s Magazine Reporter Concludes that Taliban Intelligence Chief Qari Ahmadullah Is Still Alive

A vengeful affair

Translated by Ryann Liebenthal,

One hellish choice

by Karen Woo,

The Master of Spin Boldak

by Matthieu Aikins,

Undercover with Afghanistan’s drug-trafficking border police

The War We Can’t Win

by Andrew J. Bacevich,

By Andrew J. Bacevich, in the August 15 issue of Commonweal. Bacevich is a professor of international relations at Boston University and the author, most recently, of The Limits of…

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Capital Gains Tax

Mobbed Up

Kandahar’s Mystery Executions

Dissociated Press

The Pious Spy

Proxy Syndrome

Did a Top Taliban Leader Fake His Own Death?

A vengeful affair

One hellish choice

The Master of Spin Boldak

The War We Can’t Win

November 2009

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