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The Taliban fighters herded hundreds of frightened people into the
center of the war-ravaged town of Taloqan and paraded out three dogs
costumed in Western neckties and waistcoats. The Taliban had shaved the
heads of the three dogs and painted names of the men the regime most
despises -- "Bush" for the US president, "king" for the long-deposed
monarch whom some want to return to power, and "Rabbani," referring to
Burhanuddin Rabbani, a leader of the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance. The
regional Taliban commander, Arif Khan, took out a can of gasoline,
doused the animals, and then, according to eyewitnesses, lit a match,
proclaiming, "This is what we do to the dogs who oppose Islam!" Those
who did not cheer the immolation of the animals were beaten with sticks,
the witnesses said.
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