{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"Taliban Sense Weakness in NATO","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article4744.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article4744.html'\u003ETaliban Sense Weakness in NATO\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn February 20, 2010, the Times of London published a major story entitled: \u201cTaliban on Back Foot After a Series of Body Blows.\u201d  The article was more wishful thinking than fact.  The Western press has superficially reported on and hyped the arrest of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (allegedly the Quetta Taliban\u2019s military chief), while ignoring the circumstances and the underlying politics.  Whether the arrest was intended or accidental as some sources claim, it appears that neither Pakistani (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}