Af-Pak Insanity: Borderline Chaos, Part 3: Problems (continued)
Originally posted 11.09.2009
Synopsis: For the final installment of this three-part series on the calamity and chaos that is the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area, the Plaid Avenger talks about the particular problems of note that are causing the consternation for the world. The Pashtuns in this border region have been fired by the friction/hatred between Afghanistan and Pakistan, blowed up and and bombed by the Soviets, and further manipulated by the Pakistani ISI….all of which have helped spawn the birth of the Taliban, which is now the group fighting the US/NATO as well as the Afghan and Pakistani governments too. This Taliban monster is now out of control and split into two different factions which are separately challenging the existence of both Afghanistan and Pakistan itself. Learn the how, when and why is this angst-ridden Avenger rant!
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Keywords: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Pashtun, Afghani Taliban, Pakistani Taliban
Af-Pak Insanity: Borderline Chaos, Part 3: Problems
Originally posted 11.08.2009
Synopsis: For the final installment of this three-part series on the calamity and chaos that is the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area, the Plaid Avenger talks about the particular problems of note that are causing the consternation for the world. The Pashtuns in this border region have been fired by the friction/hatred between Afghanistan and Pakistan, blowed up and and bombed by the Soviets, and further manipulated by the Pakistani ISI….all of which have helped spawn the birth of the Taliban, which is now the group fighting the US/NATO as well as the Afghan and Pakistani governments too. This Taliban monster is now out of control and split into two different factions which are separately challenging the existence of both Afghanistan and Pakistan itself. Learn the how, when and why is this angst-ridden Avenger rant!
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Keywords: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Pashtun, Afghani Taliban, Pakistani Taliban
Af-Pak Insanity: Borderline Chaos, Part 2: The People (continued)
Originally posted 10.30.2009
Synopsis: For the second installment of this three-part series on the calamity and chaos that is the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area, the Plaid Avenger talks about the peoples and parties that inhabit this lethal stretch of planet earth. We mostly hear about the Taliban, al-Qaeda, Afghans, and Pakistanis, and the Avenger will sort out who these peoples are…or aren’t! However, nations and political parties are made up of peoples, which is the Plaid Avenger’s main focus here. Ethnic groups like the Balochis, the Uzbeks, the Tajiks, and the Uyghurs are located in this area, and all have different goals which motivate their behavior. However, it is the powerful Pashtun ethnic group that has been swelling the ranks of the terrorist groups of this region….let’s figure out why!
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Taliban
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Keywords: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Pashtun, Balochis
Af-Pak Insanity: Boradline Chaos, Part 2: The People
Originally posted 10.28.2009
Synopsis: For the second installment of this three-part series on the calamity and chaos that is the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area, the Plaid Avenger talks about the peoples and parties that inhabit this lethal stretch of planet earth. We mostly hear about the Taliban, al-Qaeda, Afghans, and Pakistanis, and the Avenger will sort out who these peoples are…or aren’t! However, nations and political parties are made up of peoples, which is the Plaid Avenger’s main focus here. Ethnic groups like the Balochis, the Uzbeks, the Tajiks, and the Uyghurs are located in this area, and all have different goals which motivate their behavior. However, it is the powerful Pashtun ethnic group that has been swelling the ranks of the terrorist groups of this region….let’s figure out why!
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Pashtun Profile
Who Are the Taliban?
Taliban
What is Al-Qaida / Al-Qaeda ?
Keywords: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Pashtun, Balochis
Af-Pak Insanity: Borderline Chaos, Part 1: The Places (continued)
Originally posted 10.22.2009
Synopsis: For the first installment of this three-part series on the calamity and chaos that is the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area, the Plaid Avenger talks about some geographic places names that define this most dangerous zone on planet earth. Politics of the Great Game,the creation of the Durand Line, and the subdivision of British India all played a part in the how we have such named areas as Pakistan, Afghanistan, the FATA and the NWFP in today’s world…and more importantly, how this history explains the chronic conflict which still plagues these areas right on up to today, and for the foreseeable future!
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