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July 8, 1998 


Taliban prayer-testers scour the streets



Wed 08 Jul 98 - 13:35 GMT

KABUL, July 8 (AFP) - Teams of Taliban fighters took to the streets of the Afghan capital Wednesday making sure its war-weary residents knew how to say their prayers, an AFP reporter saw.

Taliban commander with 200 men joins Afghan opposition: report



Wed 08 Jul 98 - 12:57 GMT

ISLAMABAD, July 8 (AFP) - A Taliban commander with 200 troops has gone over to the opposition forces in northern Afghanistan, a private Afghan news service reported Wednesday.

Taliban order fresh television crackdown



Wed 08 Jul 98 - 05:28 GMT

KABUL, July 8 (AFP) - Residents of war-torn Afghanistan have been ordered to throw out their televisions, videos and satellite dishes in a fresh crackdown by religious police, Taliban radio declared Wednesday.
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