Saturday, February 15, 2014

Pakistan's Taliban University

Just 90 minutes (driving) northwest of Islamabad, Pakistan is an Islamic seminary that is considered a jihadist factory producing Taliban fighters for decades. It is unofficially known as the "University of Jihad". Among its alumni are Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar and Jalaluddin Haqqani. About 3,500 students currently live and study at the compound. Read more in "At Pakistan's 'Taliban U' jihadists major in anti-Americanism", Fox News, February 7, 2014.

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