It's war. We can only hope and pray that in the end, a better society can be restored. But nobody expected the transition to be without pain and hardship and sorrow and horror.
As for the forces withdrawing, some military experts think the worse may be yet to come, that the Taliban forces are regrouping for a more protracted and dangerous type of war, one they hope to draw U.S. ground forces into. H. -----Original Message----- From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:40 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Bulk of Taliban forces have vacated Kabul 'As the sun rose over the Hindu Kush mountains, residents of Kabul could be heard shouting out congratulations to one another, honking car horns and ring bells on their bicycles.' '"Some progress being made by Northern Alliance toward Kabul is dangerous to an extent, dangerous because we are now getting information that there are certain atrocities being perpetrated in Mazar-e Sharif. And that is exactly my apprehension that we have seen a lot of atrocities, a lot of killings between the various ethnic groups in Kabul after the Soviets left, and that's why we are of the opinion that Kabul should be maintained as a de-militarized city. That is very important," Musharraf said on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.' 'Opposition spokesman Ashraf Nadeem said about half the city's women had discarded the all-covering burqas required by the Taliban. Some retained traditional scarves covering their hair, while others went bareheaded, he said.' 'It was clear, however, that the alliance was having trouble maintaining order. The United Nations said gunmen looted a U.N. food warehouse in Mazar-e-Sharif, and there were unconfirmed reports of "summary executions" after the city's fall.' 'The U.N. Children's Fund said an opposition commander seized a 10-truck convoy of aid that arrived in the city Saturday.' ~ The more things change, the more they stay the same. *sigh* Todd ----- Todd for President Asking, "What the hell is wrong with you people?", for a better tomorrow. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howie Hamlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 11:12 PM Subject: Bulk of Taliban forces have vacated Kabul > FYI: > > BREAKING NEWS from CNN.com > > -- Bulk of Taliban forces have vacated Kabul, CNN confirms. > > -- > Howie Hamlin - inFusion Project Manager ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
