|
|
Add to My Group
| Permalink View Article Stats (2 comments) Who Are the Taliban? Quicklink submitted by Margaret Bassett (Add your own quicklinks easily with the OpEdNews Quick Link Browser bookmark) |
|
| There are the shadowy, kohl-eyed mullahs and head-bobbing religious student, but there are also erudite university students, poor, illiterate farmers, and veteran anti-Soviet commanders. The movement is a mélange of nationalists, Islamists, and bandits that fall uneasily into 3 or 4 main factions. The factions are made up of competing commanders with differing ideologies who agree on one essential goal: kicking out foreigners |
Read the rest of the story HERE:
Comments
The time limit for entering new comments on this Quicklink has expired.
This limit can be removed. Our paid membership program is designed to give you many benefits, such as removing this time limit. To learn more, please click here.
| 2 comments |
To view all comments:
(Or you can set your preferences to show all comments, always)
"head bobbing religious student(s)"
by David Hastings on Friday, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:39:05 PM
I went back to scan the article
by Margaret Bassett on Friday, Dec 5, 2008 at 7:01:17 PM