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Taliban: Afghan Talibs
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In contrast to their strict beliefs, the Taliban profited from smuggling operations (primarily electronics) and opium cultivation. Eventually they bowed to international pressure and cracked down on cultivation and by July 2000 were able to claim that they had cut world opium production by two-thirds. Unfortunately, the crackdown on opium ... abruptly deprived thousands of Afghans of their only source of income.
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"The Taliban can no longer fight NATO, the Afghan army and the police," he said. "Recently, they have switched their focus to kidnapping and assassination, which indicates their weakness. And with every passing day, the Taliban are losing support among the people."
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Away from the frontlines of the war against the Taliban, thousands of Afghans in the grip of a drought face a fight their lives. Anjali Kwatra, a journalist with Christian Aid, contributed this story for CNN.com from the affected area.
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A battle-hardened mujahideen leader during the anti-Soviet resistance and now a Taliban field commander in the middle of a siege of a NATO base, Abdul Khaliq shares a sparse meal and a blanket with Shahzad. He explains how divisions in Afghan society are being healed in the face of a common enemy: the occupation forces.(Dec 8, '06)
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The Taliban sought to wrest control of Afghanistan from the several mujahideen factions who controlled it in the wake of the Soviet withdrawal. During their reign from 1996 to 2001, the Taliban sought to impose severe authoritarian rule on Afghanistan, and to gain legitimate acceptance for it by claiming it as Islamic.
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A day after being freed from captivity by the Taliban, the Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo stepped off a plane in Rome, beaming with relief and raising his arms in a victory salute. But back in Afghanistan his translator, Ajmal Nakshbandi, remained in Taliban hands.
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