Secular Café: My take on Afghanistan

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My take on Afghanistan May 25th 2012, 12:36 Taliban was created by Pakistan to remove Russians (America aided) and to take over Afghanistan for Pakistan. "In the beginning the Taliban numbered in the hundreds, were badly equipped and low on munitions. Within months however 15,000 students arrived from the madrassas in Pakistan." "Pakistan, however, started to provide stronger military support to the Taliban. Many analysts like Amin Saikal describe the Taliban as developing into a proxy force for Pakistan's regional interests. On September 26, 1996, as the Taliban with military support by Pakistan and financial support by Saudi Arabia prepared for another major offensive. The Taliban entered Kabul on September 27, 1996, and established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan." "The Taliban were largely founded by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in 1994. The ISI used the Taliban to establish a regime in Afghanistan which would be favorable to Pakistan, as they were trying to gain strategic depth." "According to Pakistani Afghanistan expert Ahmed Rashid, "between 1994 and 1999, an estimated 80,000 to 100,000 Pakistanis trained and fought in Afghanistan" on the side of the Taliban. Peter Tomsen stated that up until 9/11 Pakistani military and ISI officers along with thousands of regular Pakistani armed forces personnel had been involved in the fighting in Afghanistan. In 2001 alone, according to several international sources, 28,000-30,000 Pakistani nationals, 14,000-15,000 Afghan Taliban and 2,000-3,000 Al Qaeda militants were fighting against anti-taliban forces in Afghanistan as a roughly 45,000 strong military force." All quotes from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban With the loss of Bangladesh (considered by many Pakistanis as 'good riddance'), Pakistan is focusing in Central Asia. Afghanistan (pop. 32 m.) is the first step which they think will lead them to Uzbekistan (27 m.), Turkmenistan (5 m.), Kirghistan (5 m.), Tajikistan (7 m.), and possibly Kazakhistan (16 m.) as compared to Paksitan's 200 m. These are the stakes for Pakistan with all the minerals and oil that they can control there. US can avoid all war costs and losses by simply handing over Afghanistan to Pakistan, if it suits their long-term strategy. Taliban would vamoose in a day and Pakistan will stop helping al-Quaeda. :)

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