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To: hdl who wrote (6155)10/7/2001 2:01:53 AM
From: D. Long  Respond to of 23908
 
Reports coming out of Kabul (can't find the link) stated many were fleeing to escape Taliban conscription. Also order and discipline were breaking down, and Taliban religious police and soldiers were burglarizing homes at gun point in open daylight.

Obviously, the threat of US strikes started the ball rolling.

Derek