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2010-09-15 Afghanistan

Nato urged to allow partition of Afghanistan

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Posted by Steve White 2010-09-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 FWIIW, I'd make Dostum president. I'm confident he would manage to create a Lesser Pashtunistan.

Posted by phil_b 2010-09-15 01:20|| 2010-09-15 01:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Based on his prior history, Dostum would certainly reduce the recruiting pool of Pashtuns in a hurry, anyway.

Posted by Shieldwolf 2010-09-15 05:08|| 2010-09-15 05:08|| Front Page Top

#3 This could work if

- NATO aggressively hits Talibs on the border with Talibanistan every day.

- Talib attacks on non-Talibanistan result in very heavy bombardment of Talibanistan.

Posted by lord garth 2010-09-15 06:52|| 2010-09-15 06:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Based on his prior history, Dostum would certainly reduce the recruiting pool of Pashtuns in a hurry, anyway.

Wouldn't work. We'd have a leash on the guy. In the past, the Russians who funded him gave him a free hand.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2010-09-15 17:46|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com 2010-09-15 17:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Wouldn't work. We'd have a leash on the guy. In the past, the Russians who funded him gave him a free hand. Posted by Zhang Fei

General Dostum would quickly produce an Allied victory. We certainly can't have any of that.

Posted by Besoeker 2010-09-15 18:27|| 2010-09-15 18:27|| Front Page Top

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