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Wednesday May 7, 2008

Islam • Taliban:

Taleban return to attacking girls’ schools in Afghanistan

Considered by many Muslims to be a cult of Islam, the Taleban consists of a bunch of ruthless morans who think they are practising the purest form of Islam.
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Monday September 3, 2007

Taliban:

Freed Koreans arrive home to tearful welcome

South Korean Christians who endured six weeks as hostages of the Taliban in Afghanistan spent their first day at home yesterday, reuniting with loved ones, getting medical checks and praying together.
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Wednesday August 29, 2007

Islam • Taliban:

Korea churches to end missionary work in Afghanistan

South Korean missionary groups said they would pull out of Afghanistan to comply with a deal Seoul struck with Taliban insurgents for the release of 19 Christian volunteers held for almost six weeks.
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Saturday July 21, 2007

Islam • Taliban:

Christian women seized by Taleban face stoning

About 20 South Korean Evangelical Christians face death after being captured by Taleban rebels in war-torn Afghanistan, where it is suspected they were preaching Christianity.
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Sunday April 22, 2007

Taliban:

Taleban uses boy to behead alleged spy

The Taleban said the dead man, Ghulam Nabi, had given the US information which led to an air strike in which a senior Taleban commander died.
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Thursday April 12, 2007

Islam • Taliban:

Taliban Netting Millions From Poppies

Officials say the Taliban militia nets tens of millions by forcing farmers to plant poppies and taxing the harvest, driving the country’s skyrocketing opium production to fund the fight against what they consider an even greater evil — U.S. and NATO troops.
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Monday January 19, 2004

Taliban:

Taleban drugs control ‘effective’

The Taleban's fight against opium production in Afghanistan was the "most effective" drug control policy of modern times, research suggests.
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Tuesday September 16, 2003

Taliban:

Taliban threaten mutilation for Afghans who shave or listen to music

KABUL (AFP) - Suspected Taliban have threatened to cut off the nose and ears of men who shave their beards or anyone caught listening to music in a district of southeast Afghanistan
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Wednesday September 10, 2003

Taliban:

Thousands join Taliban’s new jihad in Afghanistan: Report

Almost two years after they were defeated, the Taliban leadership is recruiting thousands of extremists popularly called 'Sarbaz' - those who care nothing for their own lives - to fight the government of Mohd Karzai and the US-led forces in Afghanistan, reports here said.
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Monday April 28, 2003

Taliban:

Pakistan Vows Crackdown on Taliban Remnants

Reuters, Apr. 28, 2003
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Saturday July 27, 2002

Taliban:

Bamian villagers count the victims

Carlotta Gall The New York Times
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