U.N. sanctions official claims Taliban get money from drugs

Wednesday, October 15, 2003

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The al-Qaida terror network and Afghanistan's ousted Taliban regime are managing to find new sources of funding despite global economic sanctions, the head of a U.N. committee overseeing those sanctions said Tuesday.

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