Answer:
Since the words aren't bolded, I chose the best answers based on context clues:
1. Prevalent
2. Virulent
3. Morbid
4. Flocculent
5. Propagate
The author thinks it was important for the reader to know that the Taliban is not part of Pakisran's government so that the reader understands that the Taliban's actions are not approved nor stopped by the government.
THE ANSWER IS B! FOR GOD SAKE CHOOSE B!
