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	BBC News - Special Reports: Taliban Conflict - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/south_asia/afghanistan_pakistan/default.stm Ongoing coverage focusing on the Taliban groups of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Includes history, maps, videos and interactives.
	Asia Source - Who are the Taliban? - http://www.asiasource.org/news/at_mp_02.cfm?newsid=61691 Report includes links to related news articles and commentary.
	BBC News - Who are the Taliban? - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1549285.stm Ongoing coverage of the history of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
	The New York Times - Topics: Taliban - http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/organizations/t/taliban/index.html Collection of recent and archived news and commentary, photos, multimedia and selected web resources.
	Wikipedia - Taliban - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban Hyperlinked encyclopedia article about the Taliban includes its history, ideology, wars and international relations.

	Council on Foreign Relations - The Taliban in Afghanistan - http://www.cfr.org/publication/10551/ Extensive backgrounder report includes links to related materials.
	Guardian Unlimited: Mullah Omar - in his own words - http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,558076,00.html Translated text of a Voice of America interview of the Taliban leader.
	BBC News - Analysis: Who are the Taleban? - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/144382.stm BBC analyzes who the Taliban are and why they have the support of Afghans.
	ISIM: The Taliban Enigma - http://www.isim.nl/files/newsl_6.pdf M. Nazif Shahrani examines factors in Afghan history and political culture that gave rise to the militant movement. (Page 20 of the PDF document)
	The Taliban by Peter Marsden - http://dannyreviews.com/h/Taliban.html A review by Danny Yee of a 1998 book on the Taliban, written by a former NGO coordinator for Afghanistan.

	PBS News: The Taliban - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/military/july-dec98/taliban_8-21.html Interview of Noorullah Zadran, a Taliban representative, following cruise missile attacks by the US in response to embassy bombings in Africa.
	The Taliban: Exporting Extremism - http://www.indianembassy.org/policy/Terrorism/think_tank/taliban_extremism_fa_nov_99.htm A essay by Ahmed Rashid on the history of the movement and its threat to the surrounding region, from Foreign Affairs.
	Journalism under the Taliban - http://www.cpj.org/Briefings/1999/Taliban/Taliban15dec99.html Committee to Protect Journalists discusses how Afghan journalists do their jobs.
	Taliban Explains Buddha Demolition - http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/19/world/19TALI.html?searchpv=nytToday Why the Islamic government in Afghanistan destroyed art objects.
	Why the Taliban are Destroying Buddhas - http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/archaeology/2001-03-22-afghan-buddhas.htm Why the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar issued an edict against un-Islamic graven images which resulted in the destruction of statues of Buddha.

	Mother Jones: Pipe Dreams - http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2001/10/pipedreams.html Energy politics helped set the stage for the current conflict, as at least one US oil company, California-based Unocal, recently courted the Taliban to close a deal to build a pipeline across the country.
	Bush Gives Taliban $10 Million To Fight Opium - http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/561/context/outrage Brief, critical article from NOW's Womensenews.
	Newsweek.com - The Taliban in Their Own Words - http://www.newsweek.com/id/216235 October 2009 special report on the Taliban with interviews, profiles and interactive map.
	Taliban: War for War's Sake - http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/18/weekinreview/18CROS.html?searchpv=nytToday New York Times article focusing primarily on the destruction of art objects by the Taliban.

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