Strict Taliban Rose From Acts of Revenge Pashtun Tribe Dominates Southern Half
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › December 20, 2009
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By GEORGE STANLEY
The Taliban rose from the Pashtun -- the dominant tribe of southern Afghanistan and western Pakistan.See the full content of this document
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Strict Taliban Rose From Acts of Revenge Pashtun Tribe Dominates Southern Half
The first record of a group named the Taliban, which means "students," came in 1994 out of the southern city of Kandahar. Families whose daughters had been raped by a warlord sought revenge from a local mullah, Mohammed Omar. Omar turne...
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