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The Taliban : An Organizational Analysis

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Afsar, Shahid
Samples, Chris
Wood, Thomas
Date
2008
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One of the most widely recognized images of the present day is that of airplanes hitting the World Trade Center on 11 september 2001. the terrorist organization al-Qaeda and its host, the taliban in afghanistan, became household names all over the world on that fateful day. the media started churning out stories about the brutalities of the Taliban, and the world discovered a new monster.
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The views reflected in this article are the authors’ own. They do not reflect the official opinions or policy of either the U.S. Army or the Pakistan Army.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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