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Originally Posted by Milkman

Originally Posted by Aguda

The Taliban is getting more and more desperate. They are going to loose the support of the Afgan people using tactics like that. The sooner the Taliban and Al Queda are wiped from the face of the earth the better.

Remember, the Taliban and al-Qaeda are separate things.

As for the Taliban, they won't be wiped from the Earth ever, IMO.

Because the Pushtans are sympathetic to them. 12 million Pushtans in Afghanistan and millions in Pakistan.

Its a pretty mixed up bag of worms politically. The Saudis actually financed the Taliban until just after 9/11 when they were forced to pick a side.

Who is funding the Afghan Taliban? You don’t want to know | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters
The article by Jean MacKenzie originally appeared in GlobalPost. This is part of a special series by GlobalPost called Life, Death and The Taliban. Click here for a related article Funding the Pakistani Taliban.