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New Taliban Rules Target Afghan Teachers 

Jump to full article: AP, 2006-12-09
Author: JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press Writer

Intro:

The Taliban gunmen who murdered two teachers in eastern Afghanistan early Saturday were only following their rules: Teachers receive a warning, then a beating, and if they continue to teach must be killed.

The new list of 30 rules, decided on during a high Taliban meeting in September or October and since circulated over the Internet, span from the organizational - no jihad equipment may be used for personal means - to the health conscious - militants are not supposed to smoke. . . .

No. 18 says fighters "should refrain from smoking cigarettes."

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