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Taliban fighters talk to each other at an undisclosed location in the Laghman province in southern Afghanistan
07 Dec 2006
Source: Reuters

 
Taliban fighters talk to each other at an undisclosed location in the Laghman province in southern Afghanistan November 23, 2006. Afghanistan this year has plunged into the bloodiest period of violence since U.S.-led troops overthrew the Taliban's radical Islamic government in 2001. Picture taken November 23, 2006.
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