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Along the main road through the province, the Taliban have set up daytime road blocks. They scrutinize vehicles for potential targets to kill or kidnap. Four engineers working on that road have been kidnapped, and 15 Afghans working for the central government have been killed in the past three months.
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“The Taliban told the people that whoever works with the government will suffer the same fate as these policemen,” Himat said. “This village is under Taliban control. There are more than 100 Taliban in this village.”
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In Helmand province — the Taliban's main stronghold — poppy farmer Karimullah Khan said the traditional religious tax, called an oshar, used to be paid to religious leaders. Now, he said, "If the government is weak in some districts, and the Taliban is stronger, we give the oshar to the Taliban."
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The Taliban claimed it had captured Baraki Barak district in central Logar province, which is counted among the most peaceful in Afghanistan, on April 29. While the Interior Ministry's spokesman, Yousaf Stanizai, said the government forces had repulsed the night attack, the Taliban claimed they had taken over the district, burned government offices, and killed or injured several policemen.
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The Taliban claim to follow a pure, fundamentalist Islamic ideology, yet the oppression they perpetrate against women has no basis in Islam. Within Islam, women are allowed to earn and control their own money, and to participate in public life. The 55-member Organization of Islamic Conference has refused to recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan's official government. The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, regarded by many as an ultraconservative organization, has denounced the Taliban's decrees.
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This cable discusses a meeting between U.S. Embassy official Joe Novak and a source who appears to be Taliban official Abdul Mujahid. The cable notes that U.S. officials urged the Taliban to withdraw edicts that discriminate against women and that impose new controls on non-governmental organizations (NGO's).
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