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The Taliban's Ideology Has Surprising Roots In British-Ruled India

The main entrance to the campus of the Darul Uloom seminary in Deoband, India, where the Deobandi strain of Islam was founded in the 19th century. Among its more recent adherents are the Taliban. Lauren Frayer/NPR hide caption

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The Taliban's Ideology Has Surprising Roots In British-Ruled India

September 8, 2021 • The Taliban's ideology has distant links to India. Scholars say Afghanistan's new leaders might listen to clerics in the birthplace of Deobandi Islam, though the clerics deny ties with the Taliban.

The Taliban's Ideology Has Surprising Roots In British-Ruled India

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