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Taliban try to shore up defenses in Afghanistan
Turning to defence rather than negotiation, Afghanistan`s ruling Taliban raced on Tuesday to prop up old alliances, woo new friends and retain their own men as they dug in behind the world`s top fugitive, Osama bin Laden.
Turning to defence rather than negotiation, Afghanistan's ruling Taliban raced on Tuesday to prop up old alliances, woo new friends and retain their own men as they dug in behind the world's top fugitive, Osama bin Laden.
With the world's most modern military force gathering against a state modelled on a society that existed more than 1,300 years ago, the puritanical Taliban pitched their crisis as a battle of Islam versus the United States.
Reports from within Afghanistan indicated ministers were moving around the country, many travelling from the capital, Kabul, to confer with their spiritual and supreme leader, mullah Mohammad Omar, in his southern stronghold of Kandahar.
With the world's most modern military force gathering against a state modelled on a society that existed more than 1,300 years ago, the puritanical Taliban pitched their crisis as a battle of Islam versus the United States.
Reports from within Afghanistan indicated ministers were moving around the country, many travelling from the capital, Kabul, to confer with their spiritual and supreme leader, mullah Mohammad Omar, in his southern stronghold of Kandahar.
Bureau Report