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Cricket Gives a Nation Bowed by Violence a Reason to Stand Tall. from @MujMash nytimes.com/2023/11/06/wor…
www.nytimes.com Cricket Gives a Nation Bowed by Violence a Reason to Stand Tall (Published 2023) Afghanistan’s cricket team has won big games and many fans in an international competition, in a stark contrast to the pariah status of its government. 
Found several miles south of the eastern Ukrainian city of Izium, a volatile frontline in World War II and in 2022. A British .303 round from UK’s lend-lease to the USSR that began in 1941. Cartridge stamped in 1918 at George Kynoch Ltd, a munition plant in Birmingham, England.
“You don’t understand the nature of this conflict,” Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, the commander of the Ukrainian armed forces, responded in one interaction with the Americans, a U.S. official recounted. “This is not counterinsurgency. This is Kursk.” wsj.com/world/europe/u…
www.wsj.com U.S., Ukraine Clash Over Counteroffensive Strategy Kyiv’s forces can still break through Russia defenses, but time is running out, Washington officials say.