Taliban Said Teaming With al-Qaida Again

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=516&ncid=716&e=5&u=/ap/20030902/ap_on_re_as/afghan_returning_taliban

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The Taliban are no longer on the run and have teamed up with al-Qaida once again, according to officials and former Taliban who say the religious militia has reorganized and strengthened since their defeat at the hands of the U.S.-led coalition nearly two years ago.

The militia, which ruled Afghanistan espousing a strict brand of Islam, are now getting help from some Pakistani authorities as well as a disgruntled Afghan population fed up with lawlessness under the U.S.-backed interim administration, according to a former Taliban corps commander.

"Now the situation is very good for us. It is improving every day. We can move everywhere," said Gul Rahman Faruqi, a corps commander of the Gardez No. 3 garrison during the Taliban's rule.

"Now if the Taliban go to any village, people give them shelter and food. Now the people are tired of the looters and killers," Faruqi told The Associated Press, referring to regional warlords aligned with Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government.

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1. Now that's a refreshing bit of news that needs RATING!

If the cabal doesn't watch out, people might actually catch on to the fact that they've totally fucked up in Afghanistan too.