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Taleban fight back

Kate Clark examines how the Taleban are managing to fight back against the most sophisticated armies in the world and asks where their weapons are coming from.

Kate Clark examines how the Taleban are managing to fight back against the most sophisticated armies in the world and asks where their weapons are coming from.



CHALLENGES FACING OBAMA

Schoolchildren in AfghanistanAfghan reconstruction examined


US soldier in AfghanistanSoldiers' fight persists post-war


Border patrol in AfghanistanAfghanistan's suicide bombers


A soldierThe 'battle' for Musa Qala


US troops in AfghanistanUS progress in Afghanistan


AfghanNato tensions

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Mark UrbanSuicide bombers
Mark Urban tells of his brush with a suicide bomber in Kabul

Minaret of Jam, in AfghanistanMagical minaret
An architectural jewel in the mountains of western Afghanistan
Afghan refugeesAfghan timeline
A chronology of key events in Afghanistan from 1919
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OTHER NEWSNIGHT REPORTS

Musa QalaMusa Qala battle


Afghan menHearts and minds


General David RichardsGeneral's view


'Terror spy' speaking to the BBCInside al-Qaeda


Afghan child workingHerat's children


Afghanistan sceneWith the Taleban


EXTERNAL LINKS AND FURTHER READING

Afghanistan Wikipedia entry

Flickr Afghanistan - hundreds of images from various contributors

Frontline club website - run by freelance journalist Vaughan Smith

Afghanistan - Google map

Afghanistan - Microsoft Virtual Earth map
LIFE IN PICTURES

Parcels and letters arriving at Camp Bastion, the British Forces' main base in Helmand Province

Afghan madrassasAfghan madrassas
Newsnight report on plans to reform the controversial schools
SoldierOn the front line
Newsnight report on the battle to reclaim Musa Qala
Sabrina SaghebDay in Afghanistan
In-depth guide to daily life across the troubled country

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