Even the Taliban are not animals--they are humans created in the image of God and warped by their lusts and carnal ambitions.
I believe their murder, torture, rape, and whatnot is coldly calculated to achieve a particular aim: the destruction of personal freedom.
http://www.rawa.org has (or at least had) lists of their atrocities against women and children.
But they are only a symptom of the bigger problem as addressed in my More Than Conquerors post. We all face the same battle every day and we all need to fight the same fight.
Our enemy is powerful and he never sleeps; but "greater is He that is in my than he that is in the world." While fighting spiritual battles we must also meet our duty to keep women and children free from oppression. That's why we have preacher, deacons, AND soldiers.
There is salvation only in Jesus Christ--not in anything we can do by ourselves--so choose His way. Read about it at "http://www.biblegateway.com".