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The Taliban's political structure was based, according to them, on that of the four "rightly guided" caliphs (632 - 662) who succeeded the prophet Muhammad. The Taliban were "committed to establishing an exemplary Islamic rule" for the world, and especially for the Muslim states. Emulating the early caliphate, the Taliban created a supreme council (Majles al-Shura) of twenty individuals. Almost 1,500 Sunni ulama who represented various ethnic tribes elected young Mullah Muhammad Omar amir al-muʾminin ("commander of the faithful"). The majority of the council members were Pashtuns; fourteen of them had suffered corporeal loss while fighting against the Soviet Union (Mullah Omar, for example, lost an eye). Because of the Pashtun ethnic origin of the Taliban, their jihad became a struggle for power against the Tajiks in the Panjsher Valley and the Uzbeks in the north.
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Although results of the Abt study would seem to completely contradict the directive, the VA seemed about as willing to accept this evidence as the Taliban was disposed to turning over Osama bin Laden to the U.S. government. The fact remains from this study and elsewhere that the initial recommendations from the VA were incompatible with an emerging body of credible scientific evidence.
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