I have read this and other posts and the source repeatedly.
Help me out.
Taliban fighter is a fighter who fought against Taliban, right?
Not a Taliban who is a fighter?
If the first, it seems better than the second. But they are still Afghans, bringing all that with them (and they can fight).
The Taliban were the ones fighting the Afghanistan government because they were deposed when Bush Jr set up the Afghanistan government after blowing up Osama’s mountain.