The independent commentary on British political affairs.
The independent commentary on British political affairs.
July 2008
Vol. 11, No. 12
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Contemporary media reporting of post Taliban Afghanistan depicts a country ravaged by persistent conflict; of experienced and capable Taliban fighters drawing NATO forces into an increasingly bloody conflict; and of a resurgent Taliban gaining in strength and bringing a fledgling democracy to its knees.
Not a day goes by without new reports of suicide bombings, assassinations and mounting civilian and military casualties. It is this backcloth of unrelenting conflict that lends creden…
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