Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2169-1001122639-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:53:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 850 invoked by uid 510); 22 Sep 2001 01:52:13 -0000 Received: from n12.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.62) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 22 Sep 2001 01:52:13 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2169-1001122639-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.222] by n12.onelist.org with NNFMP; 22 Sep 2001 01:37:19 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 22 Sep 2001 01:37:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 38831 invoked from network); 22 Sep 2001 01:37:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by 10.1.1.222 with QMQP; 22 Sep 2001 01:37:18 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 22 Sep 2001 01:37:21 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id SAA30977 for iwar@onelist.com; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:37:21 -0700 Message-Id: <200109220137.SAA30977@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 18:37:21 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Anarchy.as.Taliban.lose.control] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Anarchy as Taliban lose control By Ahmed Rashid (Filed: 21/09/2001) LAW and order was breaking down in Kabul yesterday as Taliban soldiers and poverty-stricken civilians carried out armed daylight robberies and looted houses left empty by people who have fled. In many areas of the Afghan capital, discipline among the Taliban appeared to be collapsing ahead of an expected American assault. "Armed men are entering people's homes under the guise of checking to see if they have arms, are watching a film or listening to music [both banned activities]," said one resident. "The owner of the house lets them in because he has nothing to hide. Then he and the male family members are rounded up and the women are forced to hand over cash or jewellery." Another complained: "I have lost everything." Crime was almost stamped out in Kabul after the Taliban seized it in 1996. They cut the limbs off thieves or hanged them from lamp posts. Bringing law and order back to an anarchic country was one of the main reasons for the Taliban's early popularity. The breakdown of law and order demonstrates the rapid collapse of the militia's hierarchy. It appears that soldiers are no longer obeying their officers. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/JNm9_D/33_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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