Tim Judah
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Afghanistan's youngest military commander is determined not to let the war disrupt his studies.
If the parties fail to agree on Kosovo's future, an imposed solution based on “conditional independence” looks ever more likely.
The Northern Alliance say they have taken several key Afghan villages in an offensive coordinated with US-led air-strikes.
Civilians in Northern Alliance-held territory express mixed feelings over the Afghan conflict, as opposition troops prepare to advance on Taleban positions.
Western media have been overwhelmed by speculation about what is really happening in Afghanistan because hard facts are few and far between.
United Nations officials are horrified by US talk of the deployment of UN peacekeepers in Afghanistan after the overthrow of the Taleban.
The wholesale destruction of Afghanistan's cultural heritage has gone virtually unnoticed.
Afghanistan's youngest military commander is determined not to let the war disrupt his studies.
Messengers are said to be criss-crossing the frontlines in north-east Afghanistan to negotiate the defections of Taleban commanders and their men.
Sitting in the ruined control tower of Bagram air base, a Northern Alliance commander watches US planes carpet-bomb his enemies.