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Call for jehad

ISLAMABAD MARCH 31. Taliban's elusive leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has issued a fresh order for jihad or holy war against the U.S. troops and Afghans who work with them, drawing parallels between Afghanistan and Iraq.

His latest decree carries the signatures of 600 Islamic clerics reminding the faithful of their duty to wage jihad and comes amid stepped up attacks against international forces in Afghanistan.

"Whenever the non-Muslims attack a Muslim land, it is the duty of everyone to rise against the aggressor," reads posters that are reportedly authored by the Taliban leader and openly displayed in towns and villages in eastern Afghanistan and in the tribal regions of Pakistan. — AP

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