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Five years on: Afghanistan after the Taliban (Economist.com)
What has been achieved in Afghanistan since the Taliban were ousted from Kabul?
"The high expectations some had in 2001 have not been realised. The government is, at best, a decade from being able to stand on its own feet. But efforts to stimulate the private sector and to levy taxes where none had been seen before are gradually showing results." (Originally Published: 11/13/2006; Last DCTKD update: 12/2/2006)
FRONTLINE: Campaign Against Terror (pbs.org)
A Frontline behind-the-scenes story of how the U.S. and the world responded to the attacks of Sept. 11th terrorist attacks. Includes information about battles, assessment of the strategies, summaries of contributions made by other countries to help establish a new Afghanistan, and numerous interviews with Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice, soldiers, policy makers, and political figures in Central Asia. (Originally Published: 9/8/2002; Last DCTKD update: 12/2/2006)
Al Qaeda’s Fantasy Ideology (Policy Review online)
by Lee Harris
"The terror attack of 9-11 was...a spectacular piece of theater. The targets were chosen by al Qaeda not through military calculation—in contrast, for example, to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor—but entirely because they stood as symbols of American power universally recognized by the Arab street. They were gigantic props in a grandiose spectacle in which the collective fantasy of radical Islam was brought vividly to life: A mere handful of Muslims, men whose will was absolutely pure, as proven by their martyrdom, brought down the haughty towers erected by the Great Satan." (Originally Published: 8/1/2002; Last DCTKD update: 9/12/2002)
NIGHTLINE: Soldiers Undercover (ABCnews.com)
Inside the Tora Bora Caves With U.S. Special Forces
Nightline provides details on the cave-by-cave hunt. (Originally Published: 1/9/2002; Last DCTKD update: 11/30/0002)
America the ignorant (Salon.com)
by Laura Miller
"After Sept. 11, Americans have rushed to educate themselves about Islam, the Middle East and foreign affairs. But how did we get so benighted in the first place?" (Originally Published: 9/27/2001; Last DCTKD update: 12/2/2006)
Why? An attempt to explain the unexplainable (Jane’s Information Group)
by Rahul Bedi
"The origins of last Tuesday’s attack on the United States arguably have their roots in the 1970s." (Last DCTKD update: 12/2/2006)
Glick lost his life, but won his final bout (ESPN.com)
by Adrian Wojnarowski
Jeremy Glick had a black belt in judo and was one of the passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 that crashed in Pennsylvania. From a childhood friend: "‘When I heard those terrorists only had knives, it had to be the Jeremy Glick that I knew. He wasn’t just going to be fighting them, he was going to be a leader of it. Those attackers are pretty [expletive] sorry, because they ran into the toughest son a bitch I’ve ever known.’" (Last DCTKD update: 12/2/2006)
FRONTLINE: Looking for Answers (pbs.org)
October 9
"What explains the hatred behind the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history? And why has radical islam sprung from Egypt and Saudi Arabia--two of America’s key middle east allies?" (Last DCTKD update: 12/2/2006)
Afghanistan/Taliban Photo Gallery(National Geographic)
by Ilkka Uimonen
"For six weeks in fall 1996 I documented the Taliban, the Islamic fundamentalist militia, as they took over Kabul, the capital. I saw them impose Sharia--Muslim law--and how it affected the lives of women. On that first trip and on later visits I saw how ethnic divisions perpetuate the fighting that permeates daily life." (Last DCTKD update: 12/2/2006)