10/13/2009 02:04 AM | Via: WBTV

Official: Taliban better financed than al-Qaida

The Taliban are in much stronger financial shape than al-Qaida and rely on a wide range of criminal activities to pay for attacks on U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, a senior Treasury Department official said Monday. read the full story

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