January 20, 2010
New wave of warlords bedevils U.S.
By Matthew Rosenberg, Wall Street Journal, January 18, 2010
In his teen years, Sirajuddin Haqqani was known among friends as a dandy. He cared more about the look of his thick black hair than the battles his father, a mujahideen warlord in the 1980s, was waging with Russia for control of [...]
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January 19, 2010
Kabul attack shows resilience of Afghan militants
By Dexter Filkins, New York Times, January 19, 2010
A team of militants launched a spectacular assault at the heart of the Afghan government on Monday, with two men detonating suicide bombs and the rest fighting to the death only 50 yards from the gates of the presidential palace.
The attack [...]
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UPDATED – Jordan emerges as key CIA counterterrorism ally
January 4, 2010UPDATED with NBC report on the identity of the man who attacked the CIA last week:
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Jordan emerges as key CIA counterterrorism ally
By Joby Warrick, Washington Post, January 4, 2010
Hours after last week’s deadly attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan, a revision was made [...]