“[The Taliban] are, in fact, among the most principled and most pious rulers modern Afghanistan has ever had. They are perhaps also among the pious and principled rulers the present day world has. It was indeed their piety, their principled behavior coupled with their strong convictions as well as their iron determination that helped them save the tyrannized people of Afghanistan from the clutches of the most cruel tyrants of the [civil war] period.”
-The Afghanistan Foundation’s White Paper or Dark Paper? by M. Hassan Kakar [author of Afghanistan]
