The Taliban once regarded as true jihadists here are rapidly losing popularity in response to their ongoing targeting of mosques, schools and innocent people.
“It is not surprising that the Taliban
Rehman hopes that the Taliban will soon vanish because they are rapidly losing local support. Quite apart from the horror of the atrocities themselves, killing women and children has also weakened the Taliban, he says.
Led by religious sentiments, thousands of people donated generously – and thousands of youths from Pakistan travelled to Afghanistan – to fight alongside the Taliban against U.S. forces in Sep. 2001. Millions of rupees were collected by religious parties in the name of supporting the Taliban.
Thousands of the youths still languish in Afghan jails, while hundreds have gone missing.
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