Taliban
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Afghanistan, and some hints from Machiavelli
Hamid Hussain’s candid comments on Khalid Aziz’s article on Afghanistan, which he calls a ‘snake pit’, argue that Machiavelli is the right guide and that real thinking differs from public…
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Akhtat Mansour, Islamic Wife-beating and Muslims for Trump 5-29-2016
The author uses the drone strike that killed Taliban leader Mullah Mansoor to question Pakistan’s double role as a US ally and Taliban backer, then adds further ‘random thoughts’ on…
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Pashtun power play(s)
The author argues that post-2014 Af-Pak may turn from a slow burn into a hot battlefield, that Pashtuns have never accepted the Durand Line, and that Pashtun nationalism allied with…
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Taliban Academy
A reported visit to a Haqqani Network suicide-bomber training facility, with the poster’s sardonic remark about its recruitment rate.
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Super excellent news (if true)
A report that Afghan police killed two Taliban insurgents accused of cutting off the fingers of 11 elderly voters in Herat; the poster welcomes it if true, fears scapegoats, and…
