1. All of these items were banned by the Taliban, the hardline Islamic movement that ruled Afghanistan for five years. 2. On that count, no one doubts the word of the hardline Islamic movement. 3. The hardline movement known as the Popular Revolutionary Army launched a deadly offensive in southwestern Mexico last August. 4. Afghan sources say a number of key Taliban figures have sought refuge in that Pakistan border area and are working to revive the hardline religious movement. 5. During the five years of Taliban rule, there were widespread allegations that Pakistan was giving money, weapons and fighters to the hardline Islamic movement. 6. U.S.-led troops have been bombing targets in Afghanistan, where the ruling Taliban hardline Islamic movement is fighting opposition forces based in the north. 7. Zaeef said the Pakistanis met in the Taliban headquarters of Kandahar with the reclusive Omar and other top officials from the hardline Islamic Taliban movement. 8. However the Islamic Jihad, a hardline fundamentalist movement, claimed responsibility for the double killing in a telephone call to AFP. 9. Israel and the PLO sought agreement Tuesday on extending self-rule on the West Bank as Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres hailed a Palestinian crackdown on the hardline HAMAS movement. 10. Iran and Syria have strong political ties and both support the hardline Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah in Lebanon. |
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