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Taliban

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Flawed basis for our reasoning

Gallup Pakistan has recently published statistics on opinion of Pakistanis and Afghanis on whether the presence of the Taliban in their country has a positive or a negative influence on their homeland. The results were clear, 72% in Pakistan and 79% in Afghanistan see it as a negative influence.

Pakistan’s role in current scenario

Mushahid Hussaind Syed and Gen. (r) Hameed Gul (former DG ISI) analyse Pakistan’s role in current changing scenario in the wake of US forces’ withdrawal from Afghanistan. Watch here [Urdu].

Exit Strategy III – An Austrian Solution for Afghanistan

Peter Tomsen (former chargé d’affaires of the US to the Northern Alliance) has proclaimed a possible exit strategy from Afghanistan based on an Austrian State Treaty Model from 1955. in: Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Vol. 25, Winter 2001
The same guy had a shot at the predictioner’s game concerning the Taliban way back in 2000, [...]

SufiLore #1 – Which way, Taliban?

Copying Tim Stevens’ (on ubiwar) and others’ concept of a material list provided continuously on stuff previously read or dealt with, I will start a regular material list, always on a specific topic, including a small number of links,  with one line each to underline the reason why I included it. The material will include [...]