A little information about the War in Afghanistan.
If you were a Pushtoon then you would have been familiar with a Pushto saying-
Quote
" Mara Gaida Parsi Waie" end of quote.
Translation- A full stomach speaks Farsi.
( By implication a hungry stomach speaks Pushto)
This is important to know as without knowing this saying one cannot understand the political dynamics in Afghanistan today.
Everyone on this blog and outside has views about the Taliban as being quote-
"terrorists, freedom fighters, mujaheddin and so on".
But there is another dimension to this thing and here it is.
The rural Pushtoons who are in a majority have resented the domination of the Farsi speaking rich elite of Kabul.
This has been the case since Afghanistan was made into a country by Ahmad Shah Abdali-( a Durrani Pushtoon).
The rural masses have supported the Pushtoon politicians and kings only to find that their Pushtoon " brothers" metamorphosed and joined the Farsi Speaking elite of Kabul.
And thus the rural masses have felt betrayed again and again.
THIS is the basis of the Pushtoon( rural) dominated Taliban movement.
It is THIS which has caused this political revolution to assume the appearance ( or disguise) of being dominated by the Pushtunwali traditions( masquerading in the form of Islamic doctrine)
The harshness that has been visible during the Taliban rule has it's basis in this PENT UP political emotion.
Hence the In-YOUR Face thrust of the harsh Taliban legal edicts that so infuriated and antagonized the world-( with a great deal of help from the Western Financed News Media). Of course the Kabul based Farsi speaking elite played their role masterfully in DEMONIZING the Taliban movement.
The Rural poor vs. rich urban elite is the shape of things to come in the underdeveloped world- esp in South Asia.
The volcano is boiling and it IS going to explode in Pakistan( and India I might add) and no amount of force can stop this.
