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标题：The Tangled Web of Taliban and Associated Movements
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作者：Greg Smith
期刊名称：Journal of Strategic Security
印刷版ISSN：1944-0464
电子版ISSN：1944-0472
出版年度：2009
卷号：2
期号：4
页码：31-38
出版社：Henley-Putnam University
摘要：Following the devastating terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001,worldwide attention becamefocused on the Taliban and al-Qaida forcesin Afghanistan. Prior to the attacks, many people hadnever heard of the Taliban or their shar'ia-law style of government. Since 2001, manysplinter groupshave formed in response to the continual United Statespresence in the region. Today, the term Talibanhas been used to envelop several groups such as the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the HaqqaniNetwork (HQN) and the Tehrik-eNifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi(TNSM). These groups make up themajority of fighters along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Many of these groups have beenhistoricrivals for control of the region, but have since joined a loose alliance in response to UnitedStates and Pakistani Government actions in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Thisarticle examines the origins and operations of the Pakistani Taliban and associated groups. Particularattention will be given as to how these groups receive funding and support from each other throughstate sponsors such as Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and non-state sponsors suchas al-Qaida and Wahhabi idealists in Saudi Arabia, as well as arms supplies from Iran and potentiallyChina