51.   To the young, many of whose hopes of fast change through democracy after years of harsh military rule have soured, the opposition parties offered no real alternative.

52.   Under the harsh Taliban rule, women were also banned from teaching.

53.   Its often harsh rule in the following years led to strong armed resistance from the local pro-independence movement.

54.   Picture US-attacks-Afghan-Xmas KABUL After five years of harsh Taliban rule, Christmas makes a modest comeback on the streets of Kabul.

55.   The film depicts life under the Taliban and the deep impact their harsh rule had on the people of Afghanistan.

56.   The invasion followed the withdrawal of former colonial rulers Portugal from East Timor after more than four centuries of harsh rule.