Taliban
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Synopsis of Afghan War and Consequences
The author argues that Jimmy Carter’s 1979 funding and arming of the mujahideen began a chain from the Taliban to 9/11 and the war on terror that destroyed Afghanistan and…
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What do Hindu nationalists think of the Taliban? Do they envy them?
Prompted by Instagram political memes, the author asks whether Hindu nationalists envy the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and how they really feel about it.
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Browncast: Major Amin on the Age of Strategic Anarchy in Afghanistan
In a phone-recorded BP podcast, Major Amin repeats his view that the US exit from Afghanistan was a brilliant strategic move that hands the problem to Pakistan, China, Russia and…
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Afghanistan; Graveyard of Western Policy Wonks (but certainly NOT the graveyard of empires)
The author doubts that the US is consciously trapping Pakistan, China, Russia and Iran in Afghanistan, as Major Amin argues, and expects the same Western policy experts to return to…
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An Indian, a Pakistani and a World Bank guy talk Afghanistan
A BP podcast in which two hosts and Karol Karpinski, a World Bank ‘financial plumber’ with Afghan experience, discuss Afghanistan and the American pullout; the host’s own summary of events…
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America’s Brilliant Strategy in Afghanistan
Major Amin argues the US exit from Afghanistan is a brilliant strategic move that leaves the problem to Pakistan, China, Russia and Iran; the poster, uneasy at such cynicism, asks…
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30 days? That’s an excuse to run consulate shredders — Kabul’s government won’t last the week
As the Taliban box in Kabul, the author argues that US intelligence timelines were absurd, that the fall of northern cities has ended illusions of an orderly withdrawal, and that…
