Word: mullah
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...Laden had been a hero of the 'jihad' against the Soviet occupiers, and the Taliban welcomed him back to Afghanistan in 1996 after his expulsion from the Sudan. Bin Laden has reportedly cemented his ties to the Taliban leadership through his daughter's marriage to its leader, Mullah Omar. But more importantly, his "Arab Afghan" fighters have played a leading role in the Taliban's ongoing military campaign against its opponents. The Taliban's elite brigade were trained in Bin Laden's camps, and are believed to be loyal to the Saudi terrorist's "Al Qaida" movement...
...Taliban have steadfastly refused to hand over bin Laden, despite two rounds of U.N. sanctions that have cut off funds to its national airline and isolated its leaders. They call bin Laden a guest. The Taliban’s reclusive leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has said in the past that delivering bin Laden to non-Muslims would be like betraying a tenet of Islam...
...means and military expertise. Although their priorities were somewhat at odds - Bin Laden was waging a global ?jihad' against America; the Taliban was trying to build their Mediaeval Islamist state - the relationship between them became extremely close. One of Bin Laden's wives is the daughter of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, and many of the Taliban's best troops have been trained in Bin Laden camps and are fiercely loyal to the Saudi terrorist. Harboring Bin Laden has frustrated the Taliban's efforts to be recognized as the legitimate government of Afghanistan. But it has created an ongoing crisis...
...Mullah Muhammad Omar, the Taliban’s supreme leader, issued a denial through a spokesperson, Abdul Hai Mutmain, who said, “Mullah Omar condemns this act. Mullah Omar says Osama is not responsible. We have brought peace to this country and we want peace in all countries...
...Afghani children in Kandahar, by Kiarostami's compatriot Mohsen Makhmalbaf, do not smile. One comely lad in a Taliban school loads a Kalashnikov rifle and obediently proclaims its virtues - it "kills the living and mutilates the dead" - as a mullah praises his recitation. ("Weapons," a visiting doctor says later, "are the only modern thing in Afghanistan.") Another boy, an orphan in the desert, will peddle anything, including himself, to keep going. He attaches himself to an educated Iranian woman who has returned from Canada to save her sister...