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| Afghanistan |
| Most Taliban Are Pakistani |
| 2008-05-15 |
| Something Rantburgers already knew. Now a number attached to it. As with the original Taliban back in the early 1990s, the main source of current Taliban gunmen are the Madrasses (religious schools) in the tribal areas of Pakistan and northern Pakistan in general. Radio intercepts, prisoner interrogations and captured documents indicate that up to 60 percent of the Taliban found in southern Afghanistan, especially in Helmand province, are Pakistanis. ... |
| Posted by:ed |
| #6 most Taliban captured by his men didn't speak Pashto only Urdhu. Most of the "Kashmiri Militants" caught by India don't speak Kashmiri either. They are invariably Urdu or Punjabi speakers from Pakistan proper. The Pakistani government organizes tours in its portion of Kashmir where the MSM are shown "refugees". One such tour had an Indian born US journalist. When a woman began relating her tale of woe, of being driven from Kashmir by Indian soldiers, he found it odd she spoke Urdu. He asked her questions in Kashmiri, which as everyone soon realized, she was ignorant of. The Pakistani military cut the tour off at that point. |
| Posted by: john frum 2008-05-15 19:57 |
| #5 Thanks trailing wife Read this article to understand their mindset!!!
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| Posted by: Paul 2008-05-15 13:06 |
| #4 That last sounds reasonable, Paul dear. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-05-15 12:24 |
| #3 Re above i made a mistake re calling Iran our AllY!!! The priority countries that need tackling in the WOT are 1.Iran 2.Saudi and then hopefully Syria and Pakistan their proxies fall into line!!! |
| Posted by: Paul 2008-05-15 12:03 |
| #2 The Pakistan/Saudi connection pops up again.Saudi Clerics and Wahabbism is central to our War on Terror.Until We tackle the Saudi govt and their religios leadershp things will not change!!!!! Saudi influence on Pakistan has caused more trouble than good!!! For years we have blamed Pakistan but the money, influence and ideology comes from Saudi. Saudi and Iran are both are foes not our allies!!!! |
| Posted by: Paul 2008-05-15 10:55 |
| #1 Massoud (the Aghan resitance leader who was killed two days before 9/11) told that many/most Taliban captured by his men didn't speak Pashto only Urdhu. Ie they were not Pakistani Pashtuns helping their Afghan brothers but came from Pakistan's main land (ie not of those Afghan territories who were conceded to British India by the Surand treaty and were inherited by Pakistan) |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-05-15 10:10 |