Russia says Taliban influence in Afghanistan steadily growing

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Submitted by Mudassir Rizwan on 26 June 2008 - 11:10am. Muslim World News
By RIA Novosti,

Brussels : The Taliban is steadily expanding its zone of influence in Afghanistan, the Russian ambassador to Kabul said on Thursday.

The Taliban, ousted from power after a U.S.-led military operation in 2001, have been stepping up their activities in recent months. The radical Islamic movement has vowed to increase attacks in order to undermine the authority of the current Afghan administration.

"Despite the annual increase in the numbers of foreign troops in Afghanistan, the Taliban's area of influence in the country is constantly growing," Zamir Kabulov told reporters after a Russia-NATO Council meeting in Brussels.

"I believe that the Taliban have an influence in more than half of Afghanistan's territory and control up to 20% of that area," he said, adding that there are many places that "are off limits to foreign troops".

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1. the taliban who the oil and gas boys tried to cut a deal with?

the taliban used to be thier friends till the taliban were turned down.......