Key role for Afghan elders in Khost - 23 Jan 08

Lying close to Afghanistan's border with Pakistan, Khost is relatively stable compared to the more troubled south. In the second of our special reports from there, Zeina Khodr explains how the government and its international allies are hoping the elders can be persuaded to play an even more important role.

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[AdventurousPutty]

"If I had the power of George Bush, I would find the leader of Taliban in these mountains in three days." ~Tribal Leader.

Most telling; unfortunately, the US government is being idiotic in its approach to Afghanistan and Pakistan. In fact, if they're being focused on at all, the only people who are being focused on are government officials and the corrupt presidency we tried to install to keep the peace. Hah! We'll see how long that works.

[thelittlegoldfish]

not a clean report

[mysteriousjz]

I am ethnic pachtoun from Northern Pakistan area and I dont know why there is so much hate for Pachtouns from other ethnicities on this board. We share so much culture and I would never talk so contemptuous about you.

If you use such language and hold such negative feelings then you are just as extremist you condemn...

[skarpengland]

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[arrivingdesignation]

death to northern alliance animals and their associate tribes.

[AfghansR1]

Let's talk about peace, brotherhood, and sisterhood and build bridges. Let's live side by side in harmony. Afghanistan is big enough for all of us. Whatever we call it does not really matter. Let talk about what kind of future we want and how to achieve it. We shall built Afghanistan so that our future generations can live side by side and be proud of their past, learn and educate them so that they could build the future with love and peace.

[mastermg1000]

yeah you filty gay hazara say sich things about pasthuns but none of you dick suckers dare to say in real life to a pasthun because you know you get your ass-kicked like thousands of gay hazara in Afghanistan by pashtuns.

So stop saying things like that you low-life cheap fucked up chinese/iranian gay guy.

[afghanhunter221]

why dont u kill yourself first and your family then we dont have to see mass majority of people to die .. dont u think that will be easy??

[PersianForLife85]

One thing we all want their distruction is at best for us, and maybe after death of these terrorists-Afghans 75%, 65% 55% or 47 % of the population or whatever their number maybe, there will be no-Afghanistan since there is no Afghans just our Afghanistani brothers as what Afghans call "Immagrants". We can for ones become one again. This time without Afghans.

[PersianForLife85]

These sunni animals just Wished They could ride of 8% Hazaras since they are the majority, according to them they are 75% and yet we hear 65% 55% 47%. But whatever their population maybe,

[Hazarestan]

Wish die for all pashtuns(Talibans) TERRPRISTS !!

[5p21]

NATO and US army needs to understand and respect cultural ways of society. Then you will be able to find Pashtuns amazingly cooperative in your hunt.