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Taliban rules target teachers / NO SMOKING ALLOWED FOR FIGHTERS  

New 30-point list has a grave warning for educators, aid workers
Jump to full article: AP, 2006-12-10
Author: JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press

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The Taliban gunmen who murdered two teachers in eastern Afghanistan early Saturday were following their rules: Teachers receive a warning, then a beating, and if they continue to teach they 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 put to personal use) to the health conscious (militants are not supposed to smoke).

They also contain a grave warning for aid workers and educators. . . .

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