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Resources pointing to the mujahidin who fought against the USSR, with Western backing, and later became the leadership of the Taliban.
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Zbigniew Brzezinski:
How Jimmy Carter and I Started the Mujahideen
Interview of Zbigniew Brzezinski Le Nouvel Observateur (France), Jan 15-21, 1998, p. 76*
The Taliban were a faction of the fundamentalist mujahadeen
"a handful of Taliban had fought the Soviet Red Army"
TALIBAN: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid
February 14, 2003
By GARY LEUPP
"I have eight Taliban with weapons in a car who say that they want to come to the shrine. What should we do with them?" the policeman asked.
"Let them come!" the government official replied. "They're probably just coming to enjoy the music. Who are we to stop them?" So they came. And nobody sitting there in the desert seemed the least bit worried.
18 items | 2 visits
Resources pointing to the mujahidin who fought against the USSR, with Western backing, and later became the leadership of the Taliban.
Updated on Apr 02, 16
Created on Aug 17, 09
Category: Government & Politics
URL: