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Americans: Empower Women. Taliban: Kill Women
By David Wood - Politics DailyKABUL, Afghanistan -- In Afghanistan, where women have traditionally been treated as shut-ins and worse, 29 Afghan women are taking a daring step: They are the first volunteers to undergo training to serve in the all-male Afghan national army. Two American women, Rebekah Martinez and Jennifer Marcos, are among a cadre of U.S. Army Reserve drill sergeants spending six months away from their families to train the Afghan women here. Meanwhile, the Taliban's spiritual leader, Mullah Omar, reportedly has issued new orders for his Taliban fighters to begin again targeting women cooperating with ...
Gary Brooks Faulkner: Will It Take a Vigilante to Get Osama Bin Laden?
By Paul Wachter - Politics DailyGary Brooks Faulkner, a 52-year-old construction worker from California, was detained Sunday by Pakistani authorities after being found with a gun, sword and night-vision goggles. Faulkner claims he was on a mission to kill Osama bin Laden. But while that my cause a few chuckles (including from the Pakistanis who detained him), the real joke is not on a would-be Rambo like Faulkner but on the U.S. government, which has yet to capture or kill bin Laden as we approach the nine-year anniversary of 9/11. After those attacks, the Bush administration allowed bin Laden to sneak out from Afghanistan ...
Taliban Leader Indicates He May Be Open to Peace Talks
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyMullah Omar, the supreme leader of the Taliban, has indicated he no longer aims to rule Afghanistan and could be willing to engage in peace talks with the West, according to two of the movement's senior commanders. In an interview with The Times of London, the two men relayed a message from the Taliban's ruling council that Mullah Omar was prepared to enter into "sincere and honest" negotiations. Mullah Omar "is no longer interested in being involved in politics or government," one of the commanders, speaking anonymously, told the newspaper. The commanders said the Taliban's military ...
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