The Strategy Page has posted an article which details where most of the Taliban derive….surprise, surprise!
May 15, 2008: As with the original Taliban back in the early 1990s, the main source of current Taliban gunmen are the Madrasses (religious schools) in the tribal areas of Pakistan and northern Pakistan in general. Radio intercepts, prisoner interrogations and captured documents indicate that up to 60 percent of the Taliban found in southern Afghanistan, especially in Helmand province, are Pakistanis.
Please read the rest of the article HERE.
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