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Taliban Again Eyeing Power in Afghanistan?

Ayaz Gul

   ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - With a draft peace agreement between the United
   States and the Afghan Taliban circulating after 10 months of
   negotiations, the insurgent group is pushing a new media campaign
   boasting about what it describes as the "success" of its past strict
   Islamic rule.

   The Taliban was routinely condemned for brutal rule and violent tactics
   during its time in power in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, when it
   denied nearly all girls and women access to education and imposed
   strict rules over everyday life, such as a ban on television.

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