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BACKTOTHE FUTURE:FIVEYEARSAFTERTHETALIBANWASOUSTEDFROMAFGHANISTAN,THE COUNTRYIS UNDERISLAMISTSIEGEONCEAGAIN
F ive years after the u.S.-Ied invasion of Mghanistan produced the first victory in the war on terror, the Taliban is back.
NEWSWEEK looks at how the shift offocusto Iraq allowedthe Afghanguerrillas and AIQaeda to carve out a new niche in the country. Plus: Gen.
Wesley Clark on whywe're losingthe battle, and what we need to do to win. Page 20 COVER: Photograph by Véronique de Viguerie-WPN.
Inset: Photograph by Richard Humphries-POLARIS FORNEWSWEEK.
AFGHANISTAN: Tackling
the Taliban, again 20 MIDDLE EAST:The admen
ofHizbullah 28
INTERVIEW:]aIaI Thlabani 29
THAILAND: Behind
the quiet coup 30
U.S. AFFAIRS:Who are the next Karl Roves? 36
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PHOTOESSAY:Darfur 46 BUSINESS: The future
of œIl phones 52
GLOBALINVESTOR:Learning the laws of the jungle 57 MOVIES:Biopics head for the big screen :58
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PERISCOPE 4
PERSPECTIVES 5
WORLDVIEW 19
THE GOODLlFE 65
THE LASTWORD 68
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