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Originally Posted by Lanny_MacDonald
Should also point out that it was Taliban militants, not the government in place, nor the people of the country itself. The Taliban are considered the fringe, even in Afghanistan, so lets not consider this the norm for that part of the world.
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We know that as a society Afgahnistan is more religeously concience then most fundamentalist countries, so we do see more honor killings, and other extreme acts then we likely see anywhere else, even though for example Pakistan is also bad for these types of crimes.
I didn't know that there was a moderate arm or political arm of the Taliban, there is just the Taliban. The de-facto leader of that group is still Mullah Omar who is as violent and virulent as they come, so a crime committed by the Taliban is not committed by a militant arm, but the taliban itself.
The Taliban might be considered to be fringe, to Westerners however they do still have a great deal of influence in the wilder regions, whether through fear or religeous messages.