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Some Mujahedinn joined the Taliban others joined the Northern Alliance.
The Taliban as such didnt exist when the Soviets occupied Afghanistan Keith There was also the native Afghan muj, and the Arab muj, it was not just one cohesive group. The Arabs were much more radical and for them it was a relgious battle, for the Afghans it was getting their country back. It is a vast oversimplification when people group the Mujahadeed into just one group, and just treat the later Taliban, as just the Muj that was renamed. The Afghan muj did not run the country very well, and this helped the Paki inspired and assisted Taliban to come in, under the guide of returning law and order to the country. The old Afghan admin retreated to the northern part, and because the Northern Alliance. Taliban was not a homegrown creation, although it did play on the fears and lack of education of many Afghans. Pakistans ISI was becoming more and more involved with the radical and foreign elements of the anti soviet resistance, so towards the latter part of the war, our (US) assistance was going straight to afghan muj, as opposed to going thru Pakistani intelligence like had been the case. One of the less talked about aspects of the 2001 Afghan war, was the numbers of Pakistani troops that were in Afghanistan when hostilities commenced. Apparently there were quite a few PAF C-130 flights to get their troops out. Ron Tanker 65, C-54E (DC-4) |
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