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...casualties among the already-suffering Iraqi people, even worse than the appalling civilian deaths in Afghanistan. Furthermore, an invasion today would handicap this administration in fulfilling its duties in the war on terrorism still being waged worldwide. Afghanistan is far from rebuilt, its government is still weak, and Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda are still at large. And with popular opinion in the Middle East equating a war on Iraq with a war on the entire Arab world, there is definite cause for concern that this administration may be rushing the U.S. into a bloody campaign whose regional consequences...
While Afghanistan has no shortage of warlords looking to make their mark, the possibility that the Kabul blast was linked to the attempt on Karzai suggests the work of a coordinated network. Karzai said Rahman was "definitely a member of al-Qaeda." But government authorities believe that Osama bin Laden's decimated forces in Afghanistan are not acting alone. Afghan intelligence officials say al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters have forged links with guerrillas loyal to Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the ruthless former Prime Minister who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban seized power in 1996. Afghan and Western officials believe that since slipping...
...member international peacekeeping force now policing Kabul so it can be deployed beyond the capital, but Washington has no intention of taking the lead. At the same time, President Bush has sought to reassure allies that the U.S. military will not abandon Afghanistan, even with the hunt for bin Laden slowing and a showdown with Iraq looming. "We're not leaving," he said...
...keeping Karzai alive. Two Afghan Cabinet ministers have been assassinated this year, and several others, including Karzai, have survived attempts. Given the country's ethnic rivalries and chronic warlordism, the loss of Karzai--a popular member of the majority Pashtuns--could send Afghanistan reeling back toward the chaos that bin Laden found so hospitable. "Karzai has no real power base of his own," says a diplomat in Kabul. "But as a Pashtun leader who has earned real respect in Afghanistan and internationally, he is close to irreplaceable. His loss would be a catastrophe." With each day, it is one that...
...jail, Siddique and Mahmood remained fully committed to militancy. They spouted the usual radical rhetoric: the West was trying to crush Islam, Osama bin Laden was a hero, martyrdom led to everlasting life. Their only regret, said the men, was that they were caught alive. "Mujahedin wait for justice and reward in the other world," intoned Siddique...