The Taliban , Islamic fundamentalists who come mainly from Afghanistan 's Pashtun ethnic group , rose to power in Afghanistan in the 1990s after the Soviet withdrawal from the country . The Taliban accuse the U.S. of `` shedding the blood of tens of thousands '' of Afghans . The terror attacks of September 11 are a murky pretext for the violence , they say . The Afghan people have the stamina to fight on , the Taliban say . Comment:
The Taliban accuse the U.S. of `` shedding the blood of tens of thousands '' of Afghans . The terror attacks of September 11 are a murky pretext for the violence , they say . The Afghan people have the stamina to fight on , the Taliban say . Comment: