05-18-2007, 05:47 AM
Amir,
The only thing that the Taliban can be credited for is unifying Afghanistan by bringing under their writ the various waring factions and 'appointing' their own Governors in the various provinces. Why not do a SWOT analysis of the 'reign of Taliban'
Positives
1) Unifying Afghanistan
2) Bringing some form of law and order
3) Eradicating poppy growth/Drugs (heroin/hash/cocanine etc)
Negatives
1) Potraying Islam in the most negative way to the rest of the world, by carrying out mindless actions which did nothing positive for the people or Islam in general; a couple of examples destroying the thousands of years old Bhudda Statues (even Mahmoud Ghaznavi spared those, beating up the Pakistani football team because they wore shorts shorter than the Taliban specs.
2) Locking up women in their homes,banning most professions to Women, closure of girl schools
3) Denying women medical treatment (of whatever was left) because the doctors were male
4) Imposing their brand of Islam (one particular sect) on all, presecuting other sects
5) Forcing non muslims to wear yellow bands !
6) Harbouring secretarian murderers wanted in Pakistan in Afghanistan
7) And the biggest of all, bringing their country to what it is today by refusing to co operate (ther could have been various levels of co operation had they decided to negotiate)
I am not an expert on relegious affairs or for that matter politics, but these are basic facts which we all know and is similar to quite an extent from all forms of media,.. its not that we are brain washed or some thing, these are facts
Arab ulemas are nothing of an authentication for a 'certification' look at their societies rather a mirror if Islammic values.
Taliban were nothing short of an 'engineered' generation of fighters created through America and Saudi money and Pakistani expertiese. I am sorry to break your bubble their, but its better not to have a belief system that is based on a flimsy romantic notion than on concrete ideology.
The only thing that the Taliban can be credited for is unifying Afghanistan by bringing under their writ the various waring factions and 'appointing' their own Governors in the various provinces. Why not do a SWOT analysis of the 'reign of Taliban'
Positives
1) Unifying Afghanistan
2) Bringing some form of law and order
3) Eradicating poppy growth/Drugs (heroin/hash/cocanine etc)
Negatives
1) Potraying Islam in the most negative way to the rest of the world, by carrying out mindless actions which did nothing positive for the people or Islam in general; a couple of examples destroying the thousands of years old Bhudda Statues (even Mahmoud Ghaznavi spared those, beating up the Pakistani football team because they wore shorts shorter than the Taliban specs.
2) Locking up women in their homes,banning most professions to Women, closure of girl schools
3) Denying women medical treatment (of whatever was left) because the doctors were male
4) Imposing their brand of Islam (one particular sect) on all, presecuting other sects
5) Forcing non muslims to wear yellow bands !
6) Harbouring secretarian murderers wanted in Pakistan in Afghanistan
7) And the biggest of all, bringing their country to what it is today by refusing to co operate (ther could have been various levels of co operation had they decided to negotiate)
I am not an expert on relegious affairs or for that matter politics, but these are basic facts which we all know and is similar to quite an extent from all forms of media,.. its not that we are brain washed or some thing, these are facts
Arab ulemas are nothing of an authentication for a 'certification' look at their societies rather a mirror if Islammic values.
Taliban were nothing short of an 'engineered' generation of fighters created through America and Saudi money and Pakistani expertiese. I am sorry to break your bubble their, but its better not to have a belief system that is based on a flimsy romantic notion than on concrete ideology.
