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Taliban 2.0

Today, Explained

Afghanistan - The Taliban in the Nineties

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The talibon in the 19 nineties, for all practical purposes, remained a conquering army on the move that never quite settled down into governesse. While ly they began to develop an economy, like they learned how to tax drugs. Opium is by far the most valuable crop afghanistan produces. In each area they have conquered, the taliban have imposed a ten % tax on the proceeds of opium sales. They learned how toTax trucking. Elements of state behavior, ironically sprouting from below as they found themselves in locations. The population at the ginning was sing some order, but they quickly came to see them as a menace. Armed with the koran and the

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