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Interview: Ruth Wedgewood talks about the treatment of prisoners of war
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NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday
12-09-2001
Interview: Ruth Wedgewood talks about the treatment of prisoners of war
Host: LISA SIMEONE
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM
LISA SIMEONE, host:
As politicians talk about what to do with Osama bin Laden if he's captured, the anti-Taliban allies in the war in Afghanistan face wider questions about the treatment of prisoners. And however fierce the battle, there are still rules dictating how prisoners must be cared...
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War On Terrorism: Northern Alliance wait for the real war to start.(News)
The Independent (London, England)
; EXPLODING SHELLS twinkle over a hilltop in northern Afghanistan as opposition soldiers try to show that one day they will have the strength to overthrow the Taliban in Kabul. A line of soldiers advances on the enemy's position and flushes out a single prisoner. It was a perfectly efficient
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War On Terrorism: Northern Alliance: Opposition factions join forces for city assault
The Independent - London
; FACTIONS OF Afghanistan's Northern Alliance are planning to link their forces in a renewed bid to drive the Taliban out of Mazar-i- Sharif, the country's main northern city, a frontline commander said yesterday. Two groups of fighters loyal to local warlords are seeking to reinforce the Uzbek
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War On Terrorism: Northern Alliance: Opposition factions join forces for city assault.(News)
The Independent (London, England)
; FACTIONS OF Afghanistan's Northern Alliance are planning to link their forces in a renewed bid to drive the Taliban out of Mazar-i-Sharif, the country's main northern city, a frontline commander said yesterday. Two groups of fighters loyal to local warlords are seeking to reinforce the Uzbek
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It's Like 'War of the Worlds': Our correspondent's first-hand story of being under fire with the Northern Alliance.(National Affairs)(Brief Article)
Newsweek
; The plain of Shomoni, the fertile bowl of land between Kabul and the highlands of the Hindu Kush to the north, is bathed in bright moonlight. We are standing on a rooftop in the hill village of Tob Darah, overlooking the plain. Behind us the ridgeline of the mountains shows deep black against the
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A Win in the Fog Of War: After weeks of false starts, the Northern Alliance advances on the Taliban in the north, taking Mazar-e Sharif. As our allies fight to press on, the U.S. command is asking for more resources, including the Marines.
Newsweek
; ... east and west of Mazar, he said. Confirmation from the Pentagon was slow in coming, but spokeswoman Victoria Clarke called the news encouraging. It's too early to say this is a turning point. Thousands of Taliban troops escaped unscathed from Mazar and could ...
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Northern Exposure: A Washington Post correspondent traveling with the Northern Alliance finds covering the early days of the war against the Taliban to be part Hemingway, part Evelyn Waugh satire. (Letter From Afghanistan).
American Journalism Review
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Facing A Long, Cold War: The White House is casting its lot with the Northern Alliance. But hopes for a quick victory are fading fast.(War On Terror)(Afghanistan Conflict)
Newsweek
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Analysis: Northern Alliance is playing to the media between fights with Taliban
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
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Analysis: Way Northern Alliance is playing to the media between fights with Taliban
Weekend Edition - Sunday (NPR)
; ... territory include summary executions, burning of houses, rape and looting. No one has been held responsible. The foreign minister for the Alliance recently acknowledged his government has little control over local commanders. Anne Garrels, NPR News.
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