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Old 07-31-2010, 01:10   #37
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Originally Posted by Penn View Post
The northern alliance which we initially supported was not Pashtuns, but a confederation of other tribes, who could only match the political power of the Pashtun, by join forces.

However, once Karzai was installed, I mean elected, the association with the other marginal tribes became a question of political value.

Pakistani ISI is Pashtuns dominated.
The ISI is not Pashtun dominated, but rather Punjabi dominated by the Pakistan Army.

Any unification of Afghanistan has to have a Pashtun leader from the Durrani tribe, not sure which clan though. So the other ethnic groups have to take a back seat and mollified with other positions at the top level.

I think the US should leave Afghanistan unless it has the total dedication to go after the real head of the snake, and of course that is not in Afghanistan.
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