And it wasn't just the Taliban or Hezb-i-Islami; al Qaeda sent a representative of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to a recent meeting just inside Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan. Heck, even two unidentified Iranians showed up, reports the BBC:

NYT columnist David Carr talks about the Minneapolis Star-Tribune's decision to make employees pay for copies of the printed newspaper (the digital version is available to them for free).