Foreign Taliban lose support

Published February 3, 2010

Foreigners who go to Afghanistan to fight with the Taliban are alienating the majority tribal group in the region, a Canadian military commander told the Canadian Press. Brig.-Gen. Daniel Ménard says Pashtuns, who are also the majority of Taliban fighters, don't feel the same affinity for foreign fighters as they do for fellow Pashtun, who are bound by an ancient code of hospitality known as pashtunwali. Brig.-Gen. Ménard...