Word: akhond
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...agrees, however, to talk inside the shop. He wears brown from his turban to his sandals, and a long beard speckled with gray. He would not say his name, but he acknowledges that he was a Taliban commander. Later he was identified by people outside the shop as Esmatullah Akhond. In a room with pictures of flowers along the walls, he is joined by a second man with a wide face and short beard, identified by bystanders as a Taliban commander called Mullah Sayfullah Akhond (they are not related; akhond is an honorific). They sit cross-legged on the threadbare...
...agrees, however, to talk inside the shop. He wears brown from his turban to his sandals, and a long beard speckled with gray. He would not say his name, but he acknowledges that he was a Taliban commander. Later he was identified by people outside the shop as Esmatullah Akhond. In a room with pictures of flowers along the walls, he is joined by a second man with a wide face and short beard, identified by bystanders as a Taliban commander called Mullah Sayfullah Akhond (they are not related; akhond is an honorific). They sit cross&-legged on the threadbare...
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