Taliban quietly forming regular army to make Afghanistan a state

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ZIA UR REHMAN, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- Overwhelmed with the challenges of maintaining its own cohesion, dealing with a collapsing economy and stabilizing the country, the new Taliban administration in Kabul has been quietly working on creating a new regular army for Afghanistan.

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