Numbers of troops, fighters in Afghanistan - San Francisco Chronicle

Numbers of troops, fighters in Afghanistan San Francisco Chronicle Its leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, once had close ties with Osama bin Laden, but it was not clear how close the two were when bin Laden died last year. Estimates of the Taliban fighting force hover around 25000. Hizb-e-Islami _The organiza! tion is run by ... and more »

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