tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post2153614553236294500..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: The Afghan National Army - A Square Peg for a Round HoleThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-16386625202193948112011-03-24T11:31:16.138-07:002011-03-24T11:31:16.138-07:00But Anon, therein lies the problem. The Pashtun a...But Anon, therein lies the problem. The Pashtun are, by far, the largest tribe although not quite a majority. They're also a tribe split in half by the Durand Line that leaves them divided between Afghanistan and Pakistan - sort of like the Balochs.<br /><br />A Pashtun-dominated army is unacceptable to the Tajiks, Uzbeks and Hazara. They don't want to return to those days which, for them, were pretty oppressive.<br /><br />Afghanistan really doesn't have a chance. A few years ago a Senate Foreign Relations staffer gave a pretty convincing presentation to the US Senate in which he pointed out that there has never been a stable, modern Muslim state that didn't first overcome warlordism and tribalism. Unfortunately tribalism, that begets warlordism, is enshrined in today's Afghanistan. There's no ridding the country of it.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-52513259610582499372011-03-24T06:22:44.211-07:002011-03-24T06:22:44.211-07:00This is all lies bra, Tajiks are under 25 percent....This is all lies bra, Tajiks are under 25 percent.I have been to Afghanistan, and trust me when I say this, its filled with pashtuns. The pashtuns from the south are uneducated and the army is fitting for them. All doctors, engineers, lawers, archatics etc are majoirty Tajikan Persians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com