| 31. | Most of the gains of the Taliban were relatively easy to consolidate as they marched through the Pushtun regions of Afghanistan.
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| 32. | Exiled nearly 30 years ago, the king is thought to have retained influence among Afghanistan's majority Pushtun population.
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| 33. | The Pushtuns have numbers on their side but, the king apart, no widely accepted leader and little military clout.
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| 34. | Much of the south and east is being carved up into fiefs by Pushtun chieftains who answer to no central authority.
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| 35. | The Taliban, believed to be backed by Pakistan, are mostly Pushtuns and follow a strict Sunni version of Islam.
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| 36. | For Iran that includes the northern alliance and the parties based on Herat, for Pakistan it is the Pushtun parties.
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| 37. | The director of Iran radio's Pushtun service, Asheq Hossein, said he had two sources for the report.
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| 38. | "' Afghan Kipchaks "'are Aimak ( Taimeni ) tribe of Pushtun origin, constitute Taymani tribe.
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| 39. | That poses a difficult question : How do you include Pushtuns without including the Taliban, or at least part of it?
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| 40. | The former Taliban fighters, who are Pushtuns like Karzai, could prove a key source of support for his incoming administration.
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