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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: SARMAN who wrote (202068)9/8/2006 11:44:58 PM
From: Hawkmoon  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Second, they do not know or attempt to know their enemy. Please do your research about the Taliban.

I stand by what I've stated. The Taliban are not a tribal entity. And the name "Taliban" means "students".. It is derived from the Arabic word "Talib". They were predominantly Afghan refugees, of Pashtun tribal affiliation, living in Pakistan who attended the Madrassas there. They have a Deobandi oriented interpretation of the Quran. They were heavily backed by the Pakistani ISI, who sought to have a controllable government in Afghanistan that would safeguard their western border while they faced off with India over Kashmir.

Now if you have something different to offer, then please do so. Otherwise, it would probably be best that you refrain from telling other people to do what you HAVE NEVER DONE, like provided documented research.

Fear mongering, HAWK.

Yeah.. why not tell that to the Afghani women who had to deal with Taliban "vice" police and the Afghani kids who had their kites taken from them and burned (and you should know that Afghani kids LOVE to fly their kites).

If kites are such a threat to the Taliban, imagine how your computer privileges probably give them nightmares...

That is, unless you're using your computer to provide aid and comfort to their cause.. (which I suspect just might be the case.. ;0)

Hawk
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