La mijlocul anilor ’80, presedintele Reagan nu mai ostenea sa aduca laude “luptatorilor desculti pentru libertate”, sustinandu-i deschis pe curajosii razboinici care luptau impotriva invadatorului sovietic, sfidand “imperiul raului”. Astazi, despre originea miscarii talibane, despre bazele ei ideologice si sociale sau despre ascensiunea sa la putere in Afganistan se scrie …

Multiple suicide bombers struck in predominantly Shiite markets in Baghdad and in a town north of the capital, killing at least 104 people and wounding scores on Thursday — the day that new US Ambassador Ryan Crocker took office.

As people flocked Saturday to a hospital in a Shiite Muslim district of the capital to visit loved ones injured in recent attacks, a car bomb tore through the crowd of well-wishers, killing five people and wounding two dozen others.