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class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730013718/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/28/taliban-foreign-funds-us-holbrooke" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Taliban receives massive amounts of money from Gulf and western Europe}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="Richard Holbrooke and Javier Solana" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730013718im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/28/1248798025278/Richard-Holbrooke-and-Jav-004.jpg" width="140" height="84" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> <span class="date">28 Jul 2009: </span> Insurgency is being fuelled by 'massive amounts of money' from supporters outside Afghanistan, says Obama envoy </div> </div> </li> <li class="live image"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730013718/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2009/jul/28/taliban-strategy-afghanistan" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Julian 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Taliban</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730013718/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/cartoon/2009/jul/28/martin-rowson-david-miliband-afghanistan" name="&lid={trailItemImageAndTrailText}{Martin Rowson: Britain renews call for Afghanistan talks with Taliban}&lpos={trail}{2}" class="small mask"> <img alt="28.07.09: Martin Rowson on David Miliband's calls for Afghanistan talks" src="http://web.archive.org/web/20090730013718im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/7/27/1248732553894/28.07.09-Martin-Rowson-on-002.jpg" width="140" height="84" class="image-in-trail "/> </a> <span class="content-type"> Cartoon, </span> <span class="date">28 Jul 2009: </span> <p>David Miliband increases pressure for negotiations as Afghanistan agrees provincial ceasefire with militants</p> <a 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