Warlords!

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in this thread you can post and discuss everyting about warlords and their involvemewnt into everything
also about the double standards of foreigners

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The Shady Afghan Warlords Whom the US Pays to Fight the Taliban - YouTube

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An article about the so called "Warlords" Atta Muhamad Noor and Gul Agha Sherzai - and their role in state building. The article indicates the historic role of such 'strong men' - ( whom I prefer to call Partisan Leaders). It mentions the fact that Atta Noor is the single most powerful governor in whole country and that he and the other notable governor - Sherzai - have both bought into the electoral system and centralised government. This is important to note as the term Warlord is high pejorative - and gives the wrong impression. It also mentions the fact that Ashraf Ghani - the opponent of Dr Abdulah became famous partly for his anti-Warlord stance back in the earlier years. He has has since joined with Dostum, which has brought into question his own understanding of the dynamics of Afghanistan. The removal of Ismail Khan from Herat ( not mentioned in the article) is one move which Ashraf Ghani was prominent in - but the net result was the rapid deterioration of the pace of progress in Herat. Herat still does not have an international airport, and even the small in country flight only runway it has - is very poor in standard compared to other places in the country. In general Ashraf Ghani has very wrong understanding of Afghanistan and this is sourced from the perverted bubble of Kabul in which he grew. His Grandfather was part of the British subsidised militia that brought Nadir Khan to power. And his Great-Grandfather was part of the traitorous tribals that helped the British occupation forces in the 2nd Anglo wars. (ref for these points is Prof. Jamil Hanifi) Below are some quotes from article : "....Rather than marauding in the countryside, taking what they want as they go, Afghanistan’s warlords and power brokers have bought into the electoral system and the consolidation of the central state. They see a future in winning elections, not in chopping off the heads of rivals or expanding their territory through violent conquest....." "....State-building can involve campaigning and voting but, in Tilly’s early Europe, it also involved “eliminating, subjugating, dividing, conquering, cajoling, buying as the occasions presented themselves.” These are tough words to swallow in the context of a costly, committed effort to introduce democracy to a country whose citizens seek better governance even at risk to their own lives. As the next chapter of Afghanistan’s evolution unfolds, we should remember that muscle has always had a place in the building of states; perhaps we should check back in two hundred years....." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...for-democracy/