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Sohel Rana and Sumit Ganguly
Sohel Rana is a Ph.D student at the University of Indiana, where Sumit Ganguly is a professor of political science and Indian culture.
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Origins of the Taliban: Fighting the British in Colonial India
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The support of religious schools that ultimately created the Taliban came mainly through American aid dollars meant for Pakistan and money from Saudi Arabia.
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