Who are the Quetta Shura Taliban? The key to understanding Helmand, Afghanistan


	Who are the Quetta Shura Taliban? The key to understanding Helmand, Afghanistan

nedhamson1

10-2-2009 7:54 AM

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afghanistan, afghanistan background, helmand

nedhamson1 says:

Good analysis of why things are not going well for US, Brits or other outsiders in Afghanistan - the Afghans really know how to organize to defeat those who want to dominate them. As the late election shows, that talent is not applied to bringing the people of Afghanistan together. That may be understandable since for more than 1,000 years they have "survived" all the invaders by being expert at decentralized governing.

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