Afghanistan: August 3, 2005

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Pro-government religious leaders have become high priority targets for Taliban gunmen. While the number of clerics who have been killed is unclear, it's over a hundred in the  past few months. Many clerics are demanding greater security, and in some areas this is being provided by local tribesmen or warlords.

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