Following are excerpts from a TV report on the Taliban in Afghanistan, which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on October 13, 2009. 
 

Reporter: This is not a group of adventurers, but a group of Taliban fighters, conducting patrols in the Wardak province, only a few dozens of kilometers from the capital of Kabul. The sound of their motorbikes and their appearance in broad daylight are an indication of self-confidence, despite the presence of Afghan and foreign military forces in the region. The field commanders maintain constant contact with the squads spread in the region, which means that these groups are ready to carry out what is required of them, and they are highly organized and coordinated.  
 

Muhammed Nafi', Taliban field commander and head of Taliban courts in Wardak: The US will be defeated. They have tried all their war tactics, but failed. This is their last opportunity, and they will be defeated. We carry out well-organized night patrols and watches. Their raids do not affect us at all, but they harm the civilians.  
 

Reporter: In the Kunar province in east Afghanistan, we witness an attack by the fighters of the Salafi movement on an armored column of the Americans, who preferred not to respond. The Taliban says that it controls the Chapa Dara district.