New Study Asserts Taliban Faction Closely Linked to al-Qaida - Voice of America

New Study Asserts Taliban Faction Closely Linked to al-Qaida Voice of America July 19, 2011 New Study Asserts Taliban Faction Closely Linked to al-Qaida Gary Thomas | Washington, DC A new study says a key faction of the Taliban has been far closer to al-Qaida than s ome previous analyses have suggested, raising fresh questions ...