A reader on al-Jazeera:

Jonah,
Greetings from Afghanistan. I am writing in response to your post in The Corner about Al Jazeera and its coverage of the war. I have been an aid worker here in Kabul for nearly four years (including three years under the Taliban). I can tell you from personal experience that Al Jazeera was VERY closely identified with the Taliban government and worked hand in glove with them. Indeed, according to my Afghan staff Al Jazeera personnel were closely connected with the Talib regime. In Afghanistan they certainly did not act as neutral reporters. I myself had one very disturbing encounter with Al Jazeera personnel when they threatened me seriously enough that my organization considered pulling me out of the country for my own safety.
You may be interested to know that the US seems to remain very popular here in Kabul. The Afghans say that the country was suffering greatly from the Taliban disease but that the US cured it with an injection of B52!…..