I bet you that many of those people however believe in the Taliban just as there are supporters of Castro. What we get from the news is what we want to hear because that is what sells in america. The truth is often a far cry from the facts. I don't know about the Taliban or what they believe, however poor does not always equate to unhappy. What we may see as repressed may be something entirely different to them. To look at this with western eyes is to look at it with the eyes of ignorance. You cannot learn to speak spanish unless you think spanish and understand the symbols that make up the narrative. Only a handful westerners really know what is going down there and history will reveil that tale perhaps in another decade or more.