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  1. Still manages to shock me how many Afghans and Pakistanis I meet in Dubai. Also, can we talk about something other than the ISI? Please? 9:01 AM May 11th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
  2. Kabul attack witness: "A vehicle stopped here and six people wearing burqas entered the alley carrying black bags in their hands." 1:25 AM May 2nd via web
  3. Kandahar Gov: "The insurgents are not stupid. They had hidden very small guns in their shoes and at two checkpoints they didn't catch them" 3:32 AM Apr 28th via web
  4. Beautiful fireworks over Kabul this evening to mark Mujahedeen Victory Day (and forewarning meant I didn't think it was an attack this time) 9:21 AM Apr 27th via web
  5. This story by Helene Cooper gets to guts of what justice for Charles Taylor means, so many years later: nytimes.com/2012/04/27/wor… 8:06 AM Apr 27th via web
  6. Report alleges NATO misleads with 'Afghan-led' label even when operations have few Afghans: therepublic.com/view/story/7ed… 3:51 AM Apr 25th via web
  7. @Amiefr_Reuters @lynnekodonnell @svbel I like any article that shows what hard-working martyrs we are. I'm all about the self-pity. 2:50 AM Apr 25th via web
  8. A nice analysis of the precarious situation in Mali by @DG_Lewis: af.reuters.com/article/maliNe… 3:16 AM Apr 24th via web
  9. "US congressman refused entry to Afghanistan over criticisms of Karzai" from @_EmmaGH : guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr… 11:06 PM Apr 22nd via web
  10. The US-Afghan pact initialed yesterday provides framework for US role in Afghanistan for a decade after drawdown: suntimes.com/news/nation/12… 11:02 PM Apr 22nd via web
  11. Today, I wrote:"Karzai has previously talked about speeding up the handover only to later explain he meant sticking to the agreed timetable" 7:30 AM Apr 19th via web
  12. Crocker says "no question" Haqqanis were behind Sunday's attacks, and calls them "a group of killers, pure and simple": mercurynews.com/science/ci_204… 4:57 AM Apr 19th via web
  13. "Some have said that Strunk would excoriate us” (Minthorn on @APStylebook finally caving in on "hopefully") washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl… 6:12 AM Apr 18th via web
  14. Karzai not sounding so trusting of American funding today. He tells the US to put it in writing: miamiherald.com/2012/04/17/275… 3:36 AM Apr 17th via web
  15. @tnyCloseRead on the Pulitzer winners, and what they show about how we grapple with war: newyorker.com/online/blogs/c… 12:43 AM Apr 17th via web
  16. The how and why of trying to protect Kabul, by @patrickaquinn: google.com/hostednews/ap/… 12:38 AM Apr 17th via web
  17. Well-deserved Pulitzers for @Massoud151 and AP's NYPD investigation team (@goldmandc, @mattapuzzo, @esullivanap and Chris Hawley) 10:37 PM Apr 16th via web
  18. A new rounds of booms in Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood more than 12 hours after first blasts 2:08 PM Apr 15th via web
  19. Assault appears to show that technique used in Abdul Haq attack (using half-built buildings to fire down) now firmly in Taliban playbook 7:38 AM Apr 15th via web