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Taliban: Fighting
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Once on the moon, the Taliban set up a laser and carved the message "all your base" upon its surface. When combined with a certain office building in Wisconsin, people say that the full meaning of this phrase is spelled out.
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The Taliban were criticized not only for their strictness but ... for innovation (Bid‘ah). Some Muslims complained many Taliban prohibitions such as the ban on clapping during sports events, kite flying, beard trimming, or sports for women, had no validity in the Qur'an or sharia; that the Taliban called their 20% tax on truckloads of opium "zakat," when zakat is limited to 2.5% of the zakat-payers' disposable income.[38]
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It is clear that future developments of the Taliban in caves will be in the development of their media. Conversion to DVDs and Audio CDs are expected to occur in the next five years or so. As previously mentioned, advancements will need to be made in the fields of interior decoration, acoustics and delivery. Possibilities for delivery include satellite transmission, or even podcasting.
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Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, spokesman for the Taliban, said they had no concern with closing the schools. He told this news agency via telephone from undisclosed location the were closing the schools where Christianity was preaching or had links with Americans.
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Analysts say that the Taliban have more fighters in Afghanistan today than at any time since 2001. A record opium harvest in the south has bolstered the Taliban's financing, with many farmers supporting the Taliban as a bulwark against the threat of poppy eradication by the coalition.
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The Taliban made similar demands ahead of the release of the kidnapped Italian journalist Daniele Mastrogiacomo. The reporter was freed in exchange for five Taliban prisoners in a deal which met with widespread outrage.
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