Taliban 'in control' in Helmand

Aljazeera by James Bays | Feb. 22, 2007 (Special Report)

Al Jazeera has uncovered evidence that Taliban fighters are now in effective control of large parts of a key province in southwest Afghanistan, despite recent claims by Nato that their bases had been destroyed.

James Bays spent two days with the Taliban in Helmand and found that the group is running schools and medical facilities, and is travelling armed and unchallenged by Nato-led forces Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Though he does a good job of disclosing that he was essentially 'imbedded' with the Taliban, I still think that it constitutes bad journalism that a NATO or British voice was not presented to bring their perspective on the matter. Qualifying a source's reliability is not enough- good journalist should include other perspectives as well.

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