Ragtag Revolts in Parts of Afghanistan Repel Taliban

KABUL, Afghanistan — In small mountain villages on Taliban turf in eastern Afghanistan, Pashtun tribesmen took up arms to fight the insurgents this summer, fed up with their heavy-handed tactics of closing schools and threatening families whose sons had joined the Afghan Army. - Ragtag Revolts in Parts of Afghanistan Repel Taliban
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