The United States and some other allied countries (who have forces in Afghanistan) have been battling the Taliban for many years now, and they are not winning the battle. The Taliban get a lot of support among the embittered people of Afghanistan who have seen only years of fighting, who are conservative by themselves, who [...]
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Afghanistan is a country which has a long history of not giving an easy time to foreign armies. From the time of the British who spent many battles in there, but could never claim that they had an easy control, to the Soviets who spent a huge military effort over there but finally had to [...] This is a new tactic to reduce the influence of terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda, and by association, others such as the Taleban. These terror groups thrive on the basis of the terror campaigns they unleash on citizens of their country, such as suicide bombings, attacks by machine-gun wielding terrorists, etc. It is difficult for [...] When people talk about Afghanistan and its history, there is unanimity that no outside country can win inside Afghanistan. The British tried it in ‘The Great Game’s in the 19th century, and they lost troops, but never looked to be in a position where they could claim that they had repressed all discontent. The Soviets [...] |
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