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Northern Afghan Warlord Comments On Regional Violence

Camelia Entekhabi-Fard | EurasiaNet | June 27, 2002

" 'Many of these men have been fighting all of their adult life in a particular movement. Their whole life and their whole identity is formed by associating with that movement. Now if we suddenly tell them to forget about their identity and their past life, it is not going to be easy. If you look at all the militia members in Afghanistan, you see that their attitudes, their age and their whole outlook is very dissimilar.' "

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