In Wardak Province, a unit “kicked in doors, tied up four hospital employees and two family members of patients, and forced patients out of beds” and declared that coalition forces would decode whether the hospital staff could treat any wounded militants …
- US troops ‘Stormed Through Afghan Hospital’ (Independent)
… in the meantime, has Kandahar quietly fallen?
- In Kandahar, a Taliban on the Rise (Washington Post)
As US officials continue to press for a solution in Israeli /Palestinian relations…
- Mitchell in Israel to Jumpstart Talks (Christian Science Monitor)
… Israeli Arabs protest their treatment as second class citizens, which could result in “a mass explosion of tension that will dwarf anything that’s gone on ‘in Gaza and the West Bank’”…
- Israeli Arabs Deserve Better (Guardian)
… Meanwhile, it is not clear Hamas will sign on to the latest proposal for reconciliation with Fatah unless political prisoners are freed first:
- Abbas’s Fatah Backs Egypt Election Delay Proposal (Reuters /Washington Post)
European diplomats believe the negotiations are just an attempt to delay UN sanctions against Iran:
- Iran Agrees to October Nuclear Talks (Guardian)
Emboldened by the fear of censorship, students find inspiration in art to combat the repressive nature of the Taliban:
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