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Originally Posted by nik-
The northern region successfully fought the Taliban for 30 years. The Taliban has never held sway up there. It's like that because they were majority Tajik and they're willing to fight for their region. Clearly this is the level it needs to be ground to because they don't seem willing to fight for their mothers, daughters and sisters. If the Pashtuns want the Taliban, let them have it. Let the rest of the country determine their own path independently.
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I agree that that sounds like a good idea. But twenty years of failed nation-building in Afghanistan suggests that trying to solve their issues from without has a low chance of turning out the way sought.