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	<title>Crikey &#187; Taliban</title>
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		<title>The number crunching that is Iraq is finally done</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/rundle-the-number-crunching-that-is-iraq-is-finally-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/16/rundle-the-number-crunching-that-is-iraq-is-finally-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[baghdad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bush and the war in iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[george w bush]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq War]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Muammar Gaddafi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[saddam hussein]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=265564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The whole process had been an imaginary projection of US power in any case -- removing the Iraqi people from the picture meant that all attention could be focused on American suffering and the meaning of the war in American life.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>56</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rabbani&#8217;s assassination &#8216;a death knell for peace&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/21/rabbanis-assassination-a-death-knell-for-peace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/21/rabbanis-assassination-a-death-knell-for-peace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[peace talks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban attacks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=248202</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The head of Afghanistan's High Peace Council and former president, Burhanuddin Rabbani, was assassinated in his home yesterday by the Taliban, which has sent a clear message it will not be negotiated with, writes <b>Catherine James</b>, a freelance journalist in Kabul.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Afghanistan 10 years on and still more questions than answers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/12/afghanistan-10-years-on-and-still-more-questions-than-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/12/afghanistan-10-years-on-and-still-more-questions-than-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 03:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asia-Pacific]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australians in afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=246359</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The war in Afghanistan is an experiment in a new form of war where "victory" will be measured against uncertain goals of stability, development, and reconstruction, writes <b>Dr Benjamin MacQueen</b>, deputy director, Global Terrorism Research Centre, Monash University.
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>US gets a blank cheque to do what it likes with our troops</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/us-gets-a-blank-cheque-to-do-what-it-likes-with-our-troops/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/24/us-gets-a-blank-cheque-to-do-what-it-likes-with-our-troops/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 03:07:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian troops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[barak obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Smith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=231331</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Without an Australian input into US foreign policy and strategic plans in Afghanistan, our contribution becomes little more than supplying mercenaries, writes <b>Bruce Haigh</b>, a political commentator and retired diplomat.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Osama and the Laws of Armed Conflict</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/06/osama-and-the-laws-of-armed-conflict/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/06/osama-and-the-laws-of-armed-conflict/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 03:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Al-Qaeda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osama bin Laden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[osama bin laden dead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=221459</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey readers have their say.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Child abuse: the new Taliban tactic</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/afghanistan/101227/afghanistan-war-taliban-us-medics-war-photos</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/afghanistan/101227/afghanistan-war-taliban-us-medics-war-photos#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2010 01:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[domestic violence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[US military]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=195098</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a rising number of domestic abuse cases in Afghanistan and the US military wonders if it is a new Taliban technique to help gain access to US military bases and gather intelligence, since military hospitals care for the wounded.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mungo: cue applause for Greens on Afghanistan &#8230; but what have we learned?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/25/mungo-cue-applause-for-greens-on-afghanistan-but-what-have-we-learned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/25/mungo-cue-applause-for-greens-on-afghanistan-but-what-have-we-learned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:05:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Vaughan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adam Bandt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Osama bin Laden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=180624</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The debate on Afghanistan was long overdue and the Greens are to be congratulated for forcing it upon a reluctant Government. But it must be said that we have learned very little from it to date.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abbott delivered a more effective case on Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/20/abbott-delivered-a-more-effective-case-on-afghanistan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/20/abbott-delivered-a-more-effective-case-on-afghanistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliamentary debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=179502</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This Parliamentary debate on Afghanistan will do nothing to change voters' views -- particularly when the Government can't provide voters with a compelling case.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Downer: We need to negotiate with the Taliban</title>
		<link>http://www.spectator.co.uk/australia/6371028/our-messy-war.thtml</link>
		<comments>http://www.spectator.co.uk/australia/6371028/our-messy-war.thtml#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 23:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alexander Downer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan Taliban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=179131</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let's face it: the Taliban is a strong part of the political environment in Afghanistan and therefore we must engage with them to achieve stability. It's just like how peace only arrived in Northern Ireland once the IRA joined the negotiation process, says former foreign minister <b>Alexander Downer</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Our moral duty to stay in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/14/rethinking-afghanistan-what-about-our-moral-duty-to-stay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/14/rethinking-afghanistan-what-about-our-moral-duty-to-stay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Sparrow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian defence force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rethinking Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=178276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone knows that much of Afghanistan’s current misery can be traced back to the willingness of the Soviets and the US to fund various groups of cut-throats during the cold war. We’re doing exactly the same today.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>51</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rundle: honour killings of women keep the war off the front page</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/08/rundle-honour-killings-of-women-keep-the-war-off-the-front-page/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/08/rundle-honour-killings-of-women-keep-the-war-off-the-front-page/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:20:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guy Rundle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[honour killings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[war in Afghanistan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=170323</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Though we condemn the horrific floggings and prospect of stonings in Iran, similar laws in Saudi Arabia, our political and military ally, attract no attention.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>The war in Afghanistan remains out of the sight out of mind</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/23/should-politicians-attend-military-funerals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/07/23/should-politicians-attend-military-funerals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Sparrow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=156206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most Australians now oppose the conflict in Afghanistan. Yet, perversely, its very unpopularity has led to less rather than more public debate about the war.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Should we leave Afghanistan?</title>
		<link>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-16/afghanistan-no-end-in-sight/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsL1</link>
		<comments>http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-06-16/afghanistan-no-end-in-sight/?cid=hp:beastoriginalsL1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:45:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=146968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The war in Afghanistan is now the single longest US armed conflict in history, and it’s not showing any signs of settling down. <b>Leslie H. Gelb</b> talks about President Obama’s dilemma and why the Taliban can not be defeated.]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding the enemy in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/16/AR2010051603492.html?wprss=rss_print</link>
		<comments>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/16/AR2010051603492.html?wprss=rss_print#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 23:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=139571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new generation of US commanders in Afghanistan have stopped trying to kill their way to victory, and are now forming strategic alliances with local warlords. Meet a local leader who hates the US -- and may just be its best hope.]]></description>
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		<title>Abandoning Afghanistan&#8217;s women</title>
		<link>http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/05/07/the_us_is_abandoning_afghanistan_s_women</link>
		<comments>http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/05/07/the_us_is_abandoning_afghanistan_s_women#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 03:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hamid Karzai]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=137962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Women in Afghanistan are most at risk of oppression under Taliban rule. The US used the status of women as a reason to rebuild Afghanistan, but now both Karzai and the US military are ignoring their plight. ]]></description>
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		<title>Peace in Afghanistan: high hopes but low expectations</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/afghanistan/100509/hamid-karzai-war-taliban-government</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/afghanistan/100509/hamid-karzai-war-taliban-government#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 01:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=137307</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Afghan Peace Jirga -- a meeting of tribal leaders and politicians in Kabul to discuss peace and how to rid the country of the Taliban -- is beset by worries about control from "foreigners and infidels", primarily Washington.]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban tries to hijack the Times Square bomb</title>
		<link>http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2010/0503/Pakistan-Taliban-claims-Times-Square-bomb-threatens-more.-How-credible</link>
		<comments>http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2010/0503/Pakistan-Taliban-claims-Times-Square-bomb-threatens-more.-How-credible#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 23:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=135378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pakistani Taliban has released videos attempting to claim the car bomb in Times Square, New York as its work. But it's all bluff, claim experts. The Taliban doesn't have that much power in the US.]]></description>
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		<title>How Pakistan double-crossed the US in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/10/AR2010041002111.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/10/AR2010041002111.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to US intelligence officials, Pakistan's intelligence agency has been secretly releasing captured senior Afghani Taliban members right under the American military's nose.]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;ruthless warlord&#8221; who could save the US in Afghanistan</title>
		<link>http://www.newsweek.com/id/235556</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsweek.com/id/235556#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gulbuddin Hekmatyar]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=126971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan's former Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is a "vicious, brutal, devious" warlord says <em>Newsweek</em> -- but he may just be the only person on the country powerful enough to oppose the Taliban.]]></description>
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		<title>Iraqi police: a $6-billion black hole</title>
		<link>http://www.newsweek.com/id/235221/page/1</link>
		<comments>http://www.newsweek.com/id/235221/page/1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 23:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=124959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The US has invested $6 billion into training Iraq's police force -- yet most are barely trained, can't operate on their own, and the organisation is rife with corruption. ]]></description>
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		<title>A tale of two Taliban leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1971661,00.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1971661,00.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=124004</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul and Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef were both former Taliban commanders who were held in Guantanamo. But after they were released, one immediately took up arms and rejoined the insurgency to enact revenge, while the other became a politician and author.]]></description>
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		<title>Terror white paper: shiny new language, same old laws</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/23/terror-white-paper-shiny-new-language-same-old-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/23/terror-white-paper-shiny-new-language-same-old-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan war]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASIO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[counter terrorism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Counter-terrorism White Paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Ludlam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taliban]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=118705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The counter-terrorism white paper issued today is long overdue and foreshadows a welcome shift in discourse on terrorism, writes Greens Senator <b>Scott Ludlam</b>.
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		<title>Taliban leader captured: an AfPak game changer?</title>
		<link>http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15535832</link>
		<comments>http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15535832#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=117189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's big news from the AfPak frontlines is that the deputy leader of the Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has been captured by American and Pakistani forces. Will this finally bring the Taliban to the negotiating table? asks <em>The Economist</em>.]]></description>
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		<title>War criminal to hero &#8230; a dangerous precedent</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/15/war-criminal-to-hero-a-dangerous-precedent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/15/war-criminal-to-hero-a-dangerous-precedent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Sparrow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A campaign of assassination of local leaders thought to be loyal to the Taliban contains an obvious potential for human rights abuses, especially since it’s almost impossible for the media to monitor what undercover troops actually do.]]></description>
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		<title>Congressman Charlie Wilson&#8217;s war is finally over</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/11/congressman-charlie-wilsons-war-is-finally-over/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/11/congressman-charlie-wilsons-war-is-finally-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Richardson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=115827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Charlie Wilson, former US congressman, died overnight. His name would hardly ring a bell if it not for the 2007 film <em>Charlie Wilson's War</em>, which dramatised his role in promoting US support for the anti-Soviet resistance in Afghanistan in the 1980s.]]></description>
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