Los Angeles Times, 30 September 2015
AAN’s Obaid Ali is quoted here about some background for the Taleban success in Kunduz:
“The people are fed up with these strongmen that are essentially carrying out their personal ambitions and abusing the people,” said Obaid Ali, a Kabul-based analyst who has traveled extensively in Kunduz. […]
“The leadership of these militias is connected to Kunduz’s representatives in the parliament, the police and military as well as other organs of the security forces — all of whom protect them,” Ali said.
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