The Telegraph reports that a High Peace Council convened by Hamid Karzai may request that some Gitmo detainees be freed so they can participate in peace talks. (h/t Carol Rosenberg) Taliban prisoners would be freed from Guantánamo Bay to potentially join peace negotiations under a proposal from the Afghan council appointed to find a settlement [...]

Barnett Rubin explains why the Taliban has been blowing up cell phone towers in Afghanistan. It’s a good old-fashioned protection racket.

Palestinians in Gaza join Iraqis and Afghans in their belief that the US and Israel are targeting them using cell phone signals.

The Taliban have just threatened to start taking out cell phone towers in Afghanistan. They say the US is using cell phone signals to faciliate attacks on insurgents. What a coincidence, then, that the telecom power in Pakistan went out recently, not longer after a strike at a top Al Qaeda leader.