"... in March 2001, when the Taliban and their sponsors in Al Qaeda were at the zenith of their power in Afghanistan..." -- Carlotta [Hasalotta] Gall, "From the Ruins of Afghan Buddhas, a History Grows," NY TIMES 12/6/06, page A1.
isn't it even the _US State Department's_ view that the Taliban and Al Qaeda were _allies_, without one sponsoring the other? -- Jim Devine / "Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are." -- Bertolt Brecht
