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An Afghan woman looks on as U.S soldiers and Afghan police search her house for Taliban fighters in the village of Siah Choy west of Kandahar in Zhari district May 1, 2008. (AFGHANISTAN)
Wednesday, Mar. 24, 2010

Open quoteOnce the antennas are shut down at night, our people are like the blind. Close quote

  • MOHAMMED NIYAZ SERHADI,
  • a governor in Kandahar, on the nightly cell-phone blackouts implemented by phone companies in parts of Afghanistan due to a Taliban decree to prevent villagers from passing tips to coalition forces
Photo: REUTERS / Goran Tomasevic | Source: Wall Street Journal