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An armed soldier belonging to strict Moslem Taliban militia beats a civilian with rubber-belt near Khar-Khawana checkpoint, 10 kms north of Kabul, on November 01, 1996. Taliban fighters sealed-off access to the fronts near Kabul in a bid to prevent locals from passing military secrets to opposition forces advancing on the city. The Taliban warriors, who are believed to have emerged from religious seminaries, or madressas, in Pakistan, took to the Afghan scene in 1994, captured Kabul in 1996 and control two-thirds of Afghanistan, which has been at war for 20 years following the Soviet invasion of 1978. Under the Taliban, men are banned from trimming their beards and women are required to wear the all-covering tent-like burqa garment. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty