Vanguard | September 11, 2007 | 6 comments

Fear of Spring

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The Taliban militia is making a comeback in Afghanistan, five years after coalition forces drove them from power. Violence is increasing and officials were predicting it was going to be a violent spring. Kaj Larsen reports from Kabul to ask why it seems the country is unraveling.
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  • forgot171
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      forgot171  

    • Unfortunatly not enough has changed in the equal distribution of food, and income of this country for the regular citizens to have even the slightest chance of better their economic situation. And when people don't even have a chance to get a job that can help them rise up the social ladder then who else is there to blame other than their government. To see ten people living in a building made of mud with no roof is crazy. Their house was as big as my room and for ten people. I felt incredibly spoiled and i only make minimum wage in california.

    • 3 years ago
  • Jweeke
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      Jweeke  

    • met a us soldier last night, on leave from afghanistan, and he described it just as its documented here. great work from vanguard, as usual. you got a good gig kaj, and youre doing it right. cheers.

    • 4 years ago
  • vvj
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      vvj  

    • More minutes of quality coverage of the cyclical battle to secure Afghanistan than I''ve seen in the MSM for several years. For the world''s most capable military alliance, defeating the Taleban was hardly the difficult part of this battle; providing the people of Afghanistan the security they require in order to enjoy prosperity is a critical and underfunded part of "victory over the Taleban". (There''s also the matter of that Osama fellow - I wonder what he''s up to these days.)

      Bottom line - we took the Afghan people''s government away because its foreign policy was unacceptable, and now if we do not replace it, their lives will be ruined. We owe them more than we''re doing; they have been more appreciative of the global reality that their governance sucked than some other countries I could mention, and we have an obligation not to fail. We''re not hearing this story loud enough, but I''m glad Mr. Larsen has the opportunity to bring it to us. His viewpoint is obviously more grounded in reality than some of the people I see covering these types of stories, and he asks good questions of everyone from military commanders to returned refugees; he brings his relevant and qualified news crew into the story at the appropriate time. Great story, great piece.

    • 5 years ago
  • blueflame
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      blueflame  

    • Once again, another powerful piece of reporting by Kaj Larsen. His segments are the very best part of Current''s programing. It''s so important to know what''s going on in the hot spots of the world, please keep these coming!

    • 5 years ago
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