Taliban: Terrorist Or Not? Not Always Easy To Say

By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press
Tue, 02/02/2010 - 4:29am

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Once considered so entwined that they were twin targets of a U.S. invasion, al-Qaida and elements of Afghanistan's Taliban are now being surgically separated - one careful stitch at a time....

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