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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: FaultLine who wrote (8547)11/2/2001 10:33:14 PM
From: FaultLine  Read Replies (3) of 281500
 
Taliban troops and police are always easy to spot. They have black flowing robelike clothes, long hair and big silky black turbans with long tails running almost to the ankles. (These accouterments are meant to identify them as direct descendants of Muhammad.) They are often tall and imposing, even impressive. ''The Taliban troops are like gangsters,'' a colleague told me when I first arrived. ''Tough guys.'' But there is often a particular dandyism in them; many wear black eyeliner (part of the descendant-of-Muhammad costume), and their hair is long and curly. I once saw one buying Prell shampoo at the bazaar. They carry themselves like supermodels.

Since I read and posted this piece, I cannot stop thinking about this foppish image every time Taliban is mentioned on TV.

--fl
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