The Taliban : An Organizational Analysis
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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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