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As Fighting Escalates In Kandahar, Nostalgia For Taliban Rule, Islamic Law

Young men gather at a Kandahar coffee shop. As US and Afghan soldiers battle Taliban outside the city, there is nostalgia in the shop for the time when Taliban used to rule the city's government. "Everyone was punished for his crime," one young man said. (NPR)
Young men gather at a Kandahar coffee shop. As US and Afghan soldiers battle Taliban outside the city, there is nostalgia in the shop for the time when Taliban used to rule the city's government. "Everyone was punished for his crime," one young man said. (NPR)

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