Taliban leaders are appealing to Moslems worldwide to support their war effort and have set up fundraising hotlines for donations.| Whatever happened to their cut from the opium trade? |
The contact and donation information was posted on one of the group's websites on Wednesday, according to Agence La Belle France Presse.Â
Moslems across the globe are "duty-bound to join the Jihad" against U.S. and coalition forces fighting in Afghanistan, according to the website.Â
"[The Taliban] are still waging legitimate Jihad single-handedly with mere help from common sincere Islam-loving masses and is in dire need of financial assistance from the Moslem brothers worldwide for its military and non-military expenditures," it added.
The new plea for funds comes less than a week after Taliban and other bad turban groups launched a series of coordinated attacks against American and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
positions, including targets in Kabul.Â