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Oct. 12 - Oct. 18, 2001

Voices from the Community

Afghan Opposition Made of Bitter Rivals

By Terence White/PNS

In 1993, I was captured and taken prisoner on an Afghan battlefield. It is not an experience I would like to repeat. Nor would I wish it on the American or British special forces that have been deployed in Afghanistan.

I remember the rebel tank edging forward, squat and menacing, then the chilling clatter of the treads as it crawled toward the government frontline in a valley northeast of Kabul. Next thing I knew, my companion, an American photographer, was wounded in the foot in the furious crossfire.

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APIAs Respond to the War on Terrorism
(in National News)

Korean American Senior Survey Finds New Needs
(in Bay Area News)

Normalizing Trade Relations With Vietnam
(in Business)

Apocalypse Right Now
(in A&E)

Afghan Opposition Made of Bitter Rivals
(in Opinion)

Also In Opinion

Emil Amok: Do You Feel the Chill?

When I talked about a “new style of internment” last week, I could hear my detractors saying, “Oh, here’s Emil being his old amok self. That sort of thing just can’t happen.”

Wait one second, miso breath.

As I pointed out, it wouldn’t be internment in the old way. No round’em up trips to far off places. No racetracks. No mountain desert retreat. The logistics of it all just wouldn’t do in the modern day.

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Floss Talk: Tiring Import Night.
The first 10 minutes of Tenile’s 3-hour experience at a Hot Import Nights car show was okay, but then...

Lead Editorial: The Legend of APIA Doctors.
Are the logistics of getting into medical school causing students to lose sight of what’s “noble” in their profession of choice?

Letters to the Editor:
Better Working Conditions Needed; Shame on You, AsianWeek; What’s Ahead; Here’s the Connection.


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