-- > > The Taliban did not exist back then. The guys the US aided > > were for the most part, the guys that are running > > Afghanistan now. The major recipients of US aid, for > > example "the lion of Afghanistan" were the people the > > Taliban murdered.
On 20 Mar 2003 at 8:16, Mike Rosing wrote: > The "Talib's" have been around for more than a century. The > British fought them in the late 1800's in their first try to > conquer Afghanistan. The British did not fight Sunni islamic fundamentalists. The Taliban belongs to a sect that has never had a large following in Afghanistan, which is part of the reason why they drove out much of the Afghan population. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG 53Wyhn5mvmbLsfCa8xeusjGGTFC0Ynkauohr4Uov 4nszIWnEYzkvcoHX0K/dqcsoCOCdvV1NwFasx3H/G