Taliban.com

Dan Kohn (dan@teledesic.com)
Tue, 8 Sep 1998 23:13:57 -0700


http://www.talivab.com

Yes, amazingly, even the Taliban of Afghanistan have a web site, and
it's quite nicely put together, too. A Lebanese co-worker translated
the RealAudio speech by one of their clerics for me, and we were shocked
by how pro-Saudi Arabian the talk was. The Saudis are financing the
Taliban to act as a counterbalance to Iran, but you'd think the Taliban
would be less obvious about sucking up to their patrons.

- dan

P.S. I'm writing from the BA business class from Seattle to London, on
my way to Paris for a 3-day business trip. This is the third flight
I've taken today, but the first one that I plan to land with. (I had my
3rd and 4th sky dives this morning, which both went well. Next Sunday,
I stop using the static line and pull my own rip cord.)