Military action in Afghanistan has brought to power a more fundamentalist Islamic group known as the Taliban. Following a background report , three native Afghans discuss the Taliban's rise. Three native Afghans examine the rise of the Taliban . A report from Afghanistan looks at the country's fierce rebel infighting . A look U.S. reaction to the continuing Soviet occupation of Afghanistan .
Tensions rise between Soviet forces and Afghan rebels .
The U.S. State Dept. Ashraf Ghani has done research on the religious schools from where the Taliban originate. He s now a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University. Pushdan News Service which reports on developments inside Afghanistan and Zalmay Khalilzad was Assistant Undersecretary of Defense during the Bush administration. Today, he s the director of Rand s Greater Middle East Studies Center.