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The Taliban is sheltering Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden. In turn, bin Laden is providing substantial support to the Taliban as reported by The Guardian on September 5, 2001. Arab fighters funded by bin Laden have become increasingly influential with the Taliban and are building a foreign alliance to expand the Taliban's extremist version of Islam, according to aid workers and political analysts. Arab mercenaries have already participated in civilian massacres against minority Shia Muslims in central Afghanistan earlier this year, and Islamic aid agencies, at least one of which is believed to be funded by bin Laden, have recently set up offices in Kabul.
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A day before the capture of Mazar, affiliates of Taliban guest Osama bin Laden bombed two U.S. embassies in Africa killing 224 and wounding 4500 mostly African victims. The United States responded by launching cruise missiles attacks on suspected terrorists camps in Afghanistan killing over 20 though failing to kill bin Laden or even many al-Qaeda. Mullah Omar condemned the missile attack and American President Bill Clinton.[68] Saudi Arabia expelled the Taliban envoy in Saudi Arabia in protest over the Taliban's refusal to turn over bin Laden and after Mullah Omar allegedly insulted the Saudi royal family.[69] In mid-October the UN Security Council voted unanimously to ban commercial aircraft flights to and from Afghanistan and freeze its bank accounts world wide.[70]
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The Taliban regime faced international scrutiny and condemnation for its policies. Only Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates recognized the Taliban as Afghanistan's legitimate government. After the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the U.S., Saudi Arabia and the UAE cut diplomatic ties with the Taliban.
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The Taliban's educational system emphasized taqlid, the following of traditional Islam, which neglected modern scientific training. They divided the world into Dar al-Islam (the Muslim states, especially Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Pakistan, which had recognized their rule) and Dar al-Harb (the non-Muslim states, which were projected as the enemies of Islam and Muslims). This bifurcation of the world into external enemies and permanent friends generated an exceptionally intolerant mind-set, which distinguished the Taliban's educational system.
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Religiös haben die Taliban vieles mit den Wahhabiten gemein, einer im 18. Jahrhundert in Saudi-Arabien entstandenen und dort heute vorherrschenden Reformbewegung der sunnitischen Hauptrichtung des Islam. Die Wahhabiten zeichneten sich von Anfang an durch militante Intoleranz gegenüber allen Nichtwahhabiten (auch innerhalb des Islam) aus und waren bestrebt, den Islam zu seinen Wurzeln aus dem siebten Jahrhundert zurückzuführen. In diesem Sinne spricht man auch von Fundamentalisten. Anderen Analysen zufolge gehören die Taliban der ideologischen Schule der Deobandis an, einer fundamentalistischen Gruppe mit Hauptsitz in Deoband, Indien. Im Gegensatz zu den Wahhabiten, die sich aus dem hanbalitischen Islam entwickelten, haben die Deobandi ihre Wurzeln im hanafitischen Sunnismus.
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The Taliban are believed to be close associates of Al-Qaeda. The US and Great Britain, along with a broad coalition of other world governments, initiated military action against Afghanistan with the stated intent of removing the Taliban from power because of the Taliban's refusal to hand over Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden and in retaliation for the Taliban's aid to him.
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