This file photo shows a Taliban militant with a RGP rocket lancher in Kandahar, in 2001, the stronghold of their spiritual leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. After taking power in 1996, the Taliban regime ... more 

This file photo shows a Taliban militant with a RGP rocket lancher in Kandahar, in 2001, the stronghold of their spiritual leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. After taking power in 1996, the Taliban regime allowed Al-Qaeda to base itself in Afghanistan, taking advantage of fierce codes of hospitality and alliances made during the 1980s jihad against the Soviets in Afghanistan less