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...“Without the withdrawal deal, nothing would have happened,” says Ahmed Rashid, author of Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. “It changed the whole equation....
...Asfandyar Mir, a south Asia analyst at Stanford University, said the Taliban was “looking for the government to become unviable and to get a soft surrender”....
...“These guys promised a lot, but of course they weren’t able to deliver,” said Saad Bin Ahmed, equity head at Arif Habib Limited, a brokerage firm....
...Tanveer Ahmed Mir, the lawyer, said: “The CBI alleges that AirAsia India paid Rs1.7m to Mr Talwar: what is the big deal? There is nothing illegal or unethical about lobbying....
...In 1987, Faris was hailed as a national hero after accompanying a Soviet crew on a trip to the Mir space station, but following the outbreak of the Syrian civil war, he fled to Istanbul in 2012....
...Ahmed Shaheed, a special UN rapporteur, on Wednesday released a report detailing widespread human rights abuse in Iran....
...Samina Ahmed, south Asia project director for the International Crisis Group, has a similar view....
...Mir, a prominent television presenter. “Everybody hates terrorism in this country. Everybody despises the brutality of these people....
...“There was too much focus on the military side of the campaign” said Haroun Mir, a political analyst in Kabul. “The failure of Gen McChrystal was to appease Mr Karzai.”...
...“There was too much focus on the military side of the campaign [and] the Afghan government has failed to provide basic services,” said Haroun Mir, a political analyst in Kabul....
...“I don’t believe the Iranian election was rigged,” said Mohamed Ahmed, a doctor....
...The other bombers were named as Hasib Mir Hussain, 18, also from Leeds, and Mohammed Sadique Kahn, 30, from Dewsbury....
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