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You make too many assumptions, but Taliban is by-product of Pakistani obsession with India and Strategic depth.
by sremani 10y ago
You make too many assumptions, but Taliban is by-product of Pakistani obsession with India and Strategic depth.
- meric 10y agoHow can you talk about the formation of Taliban without mentioning the CIA?
- krakensden 10y agoIt is true that the CIA sponsored the mujahideen in their war against Russia, but the Taliban postdate that. The ISI is also very scary and very much its own organization.
- sremani 10y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban#Taliban_Emirate_against_United_Front https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban#Taliban_Emirate_agains... Taliban is not mujaheddin, they are different entities. Taliban rose in the 90s and swiftly took over Afghanistan with a lot of support from ISI. Mujaheddin, sure CIA was involved but Taliban is a brainchild of Rawalpindi not Langley.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> You make too many assumptions, but Taliban is by-product of Pakistani obsession with India and Strategic depth. No more thab the Taliban is a byproduct of the US obsession with the USSR and the US preference for indirect action in the wake of Vietnam, and it's acting without much concern for non-immediate consequences.
- sremani 10y agoTaliban is not Mujahideen. Taliban deposed many promiment mujahideen warlords on its way to power.
- dragonwriter 10y agoYes, it was a byproduct of US policy (including the forces the US selectively promoted within Pakistan), not the actual local actors of US policy.
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