The Taliban and the Changing Nature of Pashtun Nationalism
The resurgent Taliban are driven only partly by religion. They are motivated equally, if not more, by the search for Pashtun dignity and revenge.
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The resurgent Taliban are driven only partly by religion. They are motivated equally, if not more, by the search for Pashtun dignity and revenge.
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Afghanistan was not always Afghan, not in the lousy sense that is now associated with the term. Several factors, some domestic and some external, paved the way for this state of affairs. But the most consequential of them was the military coup. That was what let the genie out of the bottle, opening the door to foreign occupations, the dismantlement of the state, waves of millions of refugees, and death from violence, destitution, and pain.
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50 years ago today, on July 17, 1973, Mohammad Daud Khan staged a coup d'état against King Zahir Shah and established the first republic government.