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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!JEGDALEK, Afghanistan (Jan. 22) -- Few words can do justice to the beauty of the Afghan village of Jegdalek. Its verdant valley stands out like a glittering emerald among vast brown mountains. Apricot, almond and mulberry orchards bloom in psychedelic lollipop shades in the spring and provide much-needed shade in the sweltering summer. A combination of luck, history, geography and leadership has made the village a remarkable island of calm in Afghanistan's tumultuous Pashtun belt. Since the fall of the Taliban regime at the end of 2001, Jegdalek has been transformed from a desolate ruin left ...
(Nov. 12) -- He was once, if too briefly, a hero. But now Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been cast in the role of spoiler as President Barack Obama mulls over a list of unpalatable options for Afghanistan -- none of which, according to The New York Times, he likes as is. As Obama nears a decision, perhaps as early as Thanksgiving, he might have felt the pressure ease thanks to Karl W. Eikenberry, U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan and a former commander of U.S. forces there. Both the Times and The Washington Post reported that in the last week, Eikenberry has sent back to Washington diplomatic ...
Across Afghanistan, the enemy is expanding its operations. Fighting is intensifying, Afghans and Americans are dying – and there are signs that Washington is tiring of war. ...
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