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Why Guantanamo Must Be Closed: Advice for Barack Obama

Andy Worthington | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics


Andy Worthington

In an attempt to separate fact from fiction, I'd like to offer my advice, based on the three years I have spent studying Guantanamo in unprecedented detail.

Taliban Gain New Foothold In Afghan City

New York Times | CARLOTTA GALL | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics


The Taliban bomber calmly parked a white fuel tanker near the prison gates of this city one evening in June, then jumped down from the cab and let out...

Taliban Fighters Take Over Several Afghan Villages Outside Kandahar

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics


KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed more than 15 insurgents during a hunt for inmates who fled prison after a sophi...

American Woman Kidnapped in Afghanistan

AP | NOOR KHAN | Posted 01.26.2008 | Home


KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Gunmen kidnapped a burqa-clad American aid worker and her driver in southern Afghanistan's largest city early Saturday, ...