in an armed coup, afghanistan was being run by a group of extreme islamists. just as the soviets had wanted to make afghanistan a bastion of world communism, now the taliban s most extreme arab supporters, al-qaeda, wanted to use the country as a base to launch their internationaljihad.
and feet amputated. adulterers were stoned to death. anyone drinking liquor faced the lash. 20 years after the communists had taken power in kabul in an armed coup, afghanistan was being run by a group of extreme islamists. just as the soviets had wanted to make afghanistan a bastion of world communism, now the taliban s most extreme arab supporters, al-qaeda, wanted to use the country as a base to launch their internationaljihad.
almost completely closing down. they enforced a strict dress code, with head to toe cover for women and men ordered to grow beards. music and art were banned. thieves had their hands and feet amputated. adulterers were stoned to death. anyone drinking liquor faced the lash. 20 years after the communists had taken power in kabul in an armed coup, afghanistan was being run by a group of extreme islamists. just as the soviets had wanted to make afghanistan a bastion of world communism, now the taliban s most extreme arab supporters, al-qaeda, wanted to use the country as a base to launch the internationaljihad.
had taken power in kabul in an armed coup, afghanistan was being run by a group of extreme islamists. just as the soviets had wanted to make afghanistan a bastion of world communism, now the taliban s most extreme arab supporters, al-qaeda, wanted to use the country as a base to launch
of extreme islamists. just as the soviets had wanted to make afghanistan a bastion of world communism, now the taliban s most extreme arab supporters, al-qaeda, wanted to use the country as a base to launch the internationaljihad.