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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

Good News from Afghanistan

Thomas Coghlan reports from Kabul:

One of the Taliban's most senior and charismatic commanders has become a key negotiator as more and more members of the Islamic militia in Afghanistan give up the fight against the Americans.

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"The Taliban has lost its morale," he said, speaking by satellite phone from the heartlands of Zabul province, a Taliban redoubt.

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After the Taliban's three-year struggle against a superior US force, there is growing optimism among the Americans and Afghan government that the end is close.

Read the whole thing here.

And the tide just keeps on turning.

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