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He said he and his men were given money and weapons and sent into Afghanistan to fight, sometimes acting as guides for Pakistani suicide bombers &#8230; &#8220;The Taliban were good Muslims, and when they were here our business was good,&#8221; said Abdul Ahad, 50, who was selling grapes on the sidewalk. &#8220;Since the infidels came to power, what have we gotten besides television? What we need is security and an improved religion so we can build our society according to Islam&#8221;.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akhund said he had spent the past year in the border regions of Pakistan, where he described senior Taliban figures as operating freely and working with Pakistani intelligence agencies. 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