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...Muslim communities of Europe, around which they travel with ease. And there is a growing sense that a number of them are "Takfiris," followers of an extremist Islamic ideology called Takfir wal Hijra (Anathema and Exile). That's bad news: by blending into host communities, Takfiris attempt to avoid suspicion. A French official says they come across as "regular, fun-loving guys--but they'd slit your throat or bomb your building in a second...
...photographer who wants to shoot in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan and avoid getting your camera smashed and film confiscated or worse, you have to take precautions. Which is why TIME photographer Majid uses a pseudonym to help him maneuver behind Taliban lines. Even so, Majid was beaten up by a Taliban patrol yet managed to smuggle his film across the border by courier. See his striking photo essay at time.com/talibanlines...
...months. Later he worked as a correspondent for Agence France-Presse in Africa. The relative anonymity and bohemian lifestyle appealed to the young Mitterrand. But after his father was elected President in 1981, Jean-Christophe?s journalistic career came to an end, he says, since AFP presumably wanted to avoid any potential conflicts of interest...
...Northern Alliance advanced guard had entered the city. Initial reports suggested the Alliance had simply sent in a policing force to prevent an outbreak of chaos in the vacuum left by the Taliban's departure - Washington has repeatedly urged the Alliance to keep its forces out of Kabul, to avoid antagonizing the Pashtun Afghans who predominate in the south and their key regional ally, Pakistan. The Alliance ostensibly remains committed to allowing a U.N.-mandated international force to assume control over the capital, although some factions will certainly be tempted to make the best of the opportunity to seize power...
...irresistible momentum. Some Taliban soldiers ran and hid, others switched sides. One Taliban commander on the front lines secretly arranged to defect with a few hundred of his men and agreed to let the Alliance through his line. The advancing rebels found another Taliban commander, Mullah Qahir, trying to avoid capture by snipping off his beard with nail scissors. He wasn't the only one. "From what I hear," said an Alliance officer, "it's a good time to be a razor salesman in Mazar...