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Date Posted: 00:56:32 10/08/01 Mon
Author: Don Barone
Subject: Who are The Taliban ?

From the link I have posted below:

"The Taliban's rise to pre-eminence in Afghanistan necessitates an understanding of its origins, ideology and strategy in the quest for unrivalled power in the country.

They emerged from anonymity in 1993, growing out of a turf battle between the ISI and Interior Ministry in Islamabad during Benazir Bhutto's second term. The ISI which had run the Afghan operations with complete autonomy since the late 1970s, was averse to the Taliban because they had continued to pin faith on the Hizb-i-Islami under Hikmatyar to dislodge the Rabbani government. More importantly, the ISI viewed the Taliban as yet another Benazir Bhutto ploy to reduce its role in Afghan affairs. Eventually, the remarkable success of the, Taliban forced the ISI to coopt itself into training and guiding the Taliban ranks. Despite persistent denials by the Benazir Bhutto government, there is little doubt that the Taliban have been created, trained and equipped by the ISI and Interior Ministry special forces. According to some estimates, the Taliban require $70 million on a monthly basis to keep the militia in functional order and a major part of this money is provided from across the Afghan-Pak border. ... "

A History of The Taliban

Regards
Don Barone

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