{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Arming the Taliban? Whatever floats your gunboat","author_name":"Administrator","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article182344.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article182344.html'\u003EArming the Taliban? Whatever floats your gunboat\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENovember 19, 2013 \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\n     Blunt Instrument John Birmingham tells stories. Most of them true. Twitter \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\nDateline. Canberra. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\nThe Abbott Government announced today it had offered the Taliban a squadron of helicopter gunships to interdict the movement of Hazara refugees out of Afghanistan. Buoyed by the Sri Lankan government\u2019s enthusiastic receipt of two gunboats to prosecute anti people smuggling operations, Prime Minister Abbott promised to cut off the \u2018evil trade\u2019 at its source. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\n\u201cWe know (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}