Fresh recruits

[Ken Hanly]

The Taliban has turned down the offer of help at this time. A spokesman said
that since there was just bombing there was nothing they could do just now
and it was dangerous to be in Afghanistan.

Cheers, Ken Hanly

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From: "pms" <laflame at mindspring.com>
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Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 1:54 PM
Subject: Fresh recruits


> http://www.dawn.com/2001/text/top6.htm
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> VOLUNTEERS: A large number of armed volunteers joined on Sunday thousands
of
> their jihadi companions camping here for the second consecutive day,
waiting
> for a final node from Taliban leadership to cross over to Afghanistan adds
> Anwarullah Khan from Bajaur.
>
> The volunteers, who arrived here in a convoy of about 300 vehicles
including
> buses, truck, tractor trolleys and cars, are armed with different sorts of
> sophisticated weapons including rocket launchers, rocket propelled
grenades,
> local made Doshakas, Kalashnikovs, M-16 and G-3 guns. A large number of
such
> volunteers who could not afford modern sophisticated weaponry are armed
with
> traditional guns, hatchets, axes and even clubs and sticks.
>
>
>
>