Sources - Kelli

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/05/14/karzai.taliban.talks/index.html?iref=allsearch

http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/14/afghan-official-troops-killed-civilians/?iref=allsearch

http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/13/more-than-two-dozen-suspected-taliban-militants-killed/?iref=allsearch

http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/13/kabul-residents-karzai-needs-to-make-jobs-not-war/?iref=allsearch

These articles all involved the Taliban, which was closely linked and discussed through-out the book. It provides greater detail of what the current situation is involving the Taliban and discusses issues in Kabul, where the book takes place the majority of the time.