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- Observer: Taliban troops switch sides as rebels advance Chris Stephen in Dasti Kala and Kamal Ahmed. "Alliance commanders say there is now a real possibility that the entire northern half of Afghanistan will switch away from the Taliban, as defections trigger a domino effect." UK.
- Guardian: They can't see why they are hated Seumas Milne. "Americans cannot ignore what their government does abroad." UK.
- Observer: Nervous Tehran has a wider role to play Fred Halliday. The impact on and by Iran. The author is professor of international relations at the London School of Economics and his new book is Two Hours that Shook the World: Causes and Consequences.
- Guardian: The pursuit of Bin Laden could soon be a sideshow Peter Preston. "A wise west would care for Pakistan as more than a series of air bases set on the edge of the Hindu Kush. A wise west would wonder not just what Pakistan could do for it in the pursuit of prime suspects, but what it now, at a moment of test, could do for Pakistan." UK.
- Kofi Annan: We must recognise our common enemies "The United Nations - and the international community - must have the courage to recognise that just as there are common aims, there are common enemies."
- Guardian: 'There isn't a target in Afghanistan worth a $1m missile' Stephen Moss. Interview with Mohamed Heikal, political commentator and the former foreign minister of Egypt. "'The most important thing is to get religion out,' he says. "You are talking to me about a Muslim state, yet you are not discussing a Jewish state - a state built on religion. That cannot be. Religion can be no basis for a state.'" UK.
- Guardian: 'If you hate the west, emigrate to a Muslim country' Interview with Hamza Yusuf, an Islamic scholar and US advisor, about the terrorist attacks, suicide, killing innocents, and the Muslim responses.