Word: ghafoor
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...reckless foes unafraid of their own obliteration. In Kandahar last Thursday, on the eve of U.S. ground attacks there, the local mood brimmed with contempt for the Taliban and their terrorist guests and with anticipation that their hold may soon disintegrate. "Taliban and [Afghan] Arabs are fools," said Abdul Ghafoor, 45, a Kandahar resident. "Fools don't think when they burn themselves." If so, they had better watch out, because the fire has started...
...deserted its homes and offices?the group's ever-busy Department of Vice and Virtue was damaged in the last two weeks?and has relocated to mosques or occupied the houses of ordinary people in congested neighborhoods. "They know the U.S. won't hit a mosque," says Abdul Ghafoor, 45, a truck driver. Locals claim that Arab allies of Osama bin Laden and the Taliban have lodged themselves in buildings left empty by various NGOs and U.N.-affiliated organizations, which were vacated when the U.S. attacks seemed inevitable...
...reckless foes unafraid of their own obliteration. In Kandahar last Thursday, on the eve of U.S. ground attacks there, the local mood brimmed with contempt for the Taliban and their terrorist guests and with anticipation that their hold may soon disintegrate. "Taliban and [Afghan] Arabs are fools," said Abdul Ghafoor, 45, a Kandahar resident. "Fools don't think when they burn themselves." If so, they had better watch out, because the fire has started...
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