In the Loop: Taliban


Posted at 02:20 PM ET, 09/24/2012

Taliban chief Mullah Omar: A poet at heart?
By Al Kamen
A recently published collection shows another side to the beheaders.

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Tags:  Taliban, poetry, Poetry of the Taliban, Mohammed Hanif, Michael Semple, Al Kamen

Posted at 11:58 AM ET, 07/23/2012

Afghanistan: The troubled U.S. effort
By Al Kamen
“Little America,” a new book by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, reveals in detail the bureaucratic infighting and ineptitude that have plagued the U.S. campaign in Afghanistan

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Tags:  Afghanistan, "Little America, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Taliban, Imperial Life in Emerald City, State Department, Pentagon, Kabul, Iraq, Al Kamen, Emily Heil, In the Loop

Posted at 02:16 PM ET, 05/02/2012

Afghanistan on $1,605 a page
By Al Kamen
The Department of Defense’s 129-page, semiannual report on the Afghan war effort cost $207,000 to produce, the Pentagon estimates.

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Tags:  President Obama, Afghanistan, partnership agreement, Hamid Karzai, Pentagon report, progress report, Department of Defense, Greg Jaffe, Taliban, Pakistant, India, Bob Gates, Pentagon, Al Kamen, In the Loop, Emily Heil