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...trip to the U.S. embassy in Islamabad a month ago, the portly, mule-jawed Sherzai came back to the southern Pakistani city of Quetta throwing around cash. Merchants say he bought himself over 30 new four-wheel vehicles and then set off to an Afghan refugee colony called Jungle Piralzai known for its thieves and opium smugglers. As one associate of Sherkzai's admitted: "Of course, these men are bandits." There, he recruited men for 15,000 rupees ($250 a month), and outfitted them with weapons and at least 40 kilos of hashish, according to this associate. As one tribal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Can the Taliban Surrender To? | 12/1/2001 | See Source »

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