Mujahideen are vehemently against the Taliban/Al Qaeda, they are the REAL freedom fighters of Afghanistan, I think you might be confusing the other Mujahideen in Iraq that may or may not be alligned with suicide bombings and other attacks in Iraq.
Ahmed Shah Massoud was killed by an Al Qaeda operative 2 days before 9/11 because of the threat he posed to the Taliban regime which took over in 1996. Afghan Mujahideen was also supported by the US during the Soviet invasion.
And by Royal I mean in the valleys of Afghanistan there are certain tribal leaders that wear funky looking tribal vests, I just made up Royal because of the bling the vest adds
