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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (29553)	9/15/2008 7:13:30 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

The less likely it appears that Afghanistan as a unified nation will succeed, the more likely Pashtun's are likely to look for something else. The most obvious "something else" options are radical Islamic beliefs (which Pakistan tries to use, but which present some danger to the country), and Pashtun nationalism (which is supposedly the problem they are seeking to avoid). If you have a stable semi-secular (somewhat Islamic, but not bin Laden's caliphate) democratic Afghanistan, the appeal for both of those "something else" options decreases.