By Ian Sinclair
Who are the Taliban, why are they fighting and what will make them stop?
If you take some time to consider the 22 members of the Taliban who were killed by the US-led coalition in Afghanistan on July 10 according to an Associated Press report, chances are you are probably imagining a group of fanatical, irrational, medieval-minded men hell-bent on destroying the very foundations of Western civilisation.
Or at least that is what Western propaganda would have you believe.
But is this an accurate description of those people violently resisting British forces on the ground in Afghanistan, or merely a simplistic demonisation of the official state enemy?
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Battling the Taliban, not knowing why
Who are the Taliban, why are they fighting and what will make them stop?
If you take some time to consider the 22 members of the Taliban who were killed by the US-led coalition in Afghanistan on July 10 according to an Associated Press report, chances are you are probably imagining a group of fanatical, irrational, medieval-minded men hell-bent on destroying the very foundations of Western civilisation.
Or at least that is what Western propaganda would have you believe.
But is this an accurate description of those people violently resisting British forces on the ground in Afghanistan, or merely a simplistic demonisation of the official state enemy?
Continued >>
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Tags: Afghanistan, Jason Burke, Pashtun tribes, peace efforts, Taliban, withdrawal of foreign forces
This entry was posted on July 22, 2009 at 8:31 am and is filed under Afghanistan, Commentary, imperialism, Uncategorized, war. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.