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September 3, 2008

Crime in Afghanistan: The Kabul police chief, the plague of kidnapping, and the meaning of fear

(Guardian) General Ali Shah Khan Paktiwal, the chief of the Kabul criminal investigation department, sits forward in his chair, stubs out a Marlboro Red and stabs the air with his finger. "Paktiwal knows no fear," he says quietly. "Paktiwal does not even know the meaning of the word fear."

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Crime in Afghanistan: The Kabul police chief, the plague of kidnapping, and the meaning of fear

(Guardian) General Ali Shah Khan Paktiwal, the chief of the Kabul criminal investigation department, sits forward in his chair, stubs out a Marlboro Red and...

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