re: #297 jvic

But best he be careful to stress that he doesn’t mean one of the moderate Taliban that we are reaching out to.

Btw, as described in a lost chapter of the Commentaries on the Gallic War, the Talibani (sing.: Talibanus) were one of the fiercest tribes defeated by Julius Caesar. They retreated east rather than submit to Roman rule. I gather that historians and archeologists are divided as to whether there is a link to the modern Taliban.

If I’m not mistaken, Talib literally means “Student of Islam”. Since Islam came about a few centuries after Caeser’s time, I very much doubt there’s a link.