by Rasheed Abdullaev and Umed Babakhanov How did it happen that the Talibs – “students of religious schools” – managed to achieve such brilliant results in a short time and to force out of the Afghan political arena most of the parties and movements that had become famous back in the years of struggle against the Soviet occupation? The sensational […]

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