#1 Reminder: there is NO seperate identity between Taliban and al-Qaeda. When those animals were in power they allowed that terrorist group to run genocide camps, which allowed training in the production and use of chemical weapons.
Let's not forget that Karzai has been mouthing reconciliation with Taliban for years. He is well aware - as a Pashto - that his part of Afghanistan was pacified by armistice. Taliban dissolved; most combatants simply formally abandoned the terrorist organization, while working for the same goals. In Helmand, they wage terror in the Summer after collecting earnings in the opium fields. Under Karzai, Afghanistan became a Heroin producer for the first time. Even as UN opium eradication programs go on outside of Pashto areas, Helmand has become the major drug zone in the world.
Pashtos remain committed to the same legal basis - Pashtun Code - that Taliban imposed on the entire country. They expect that the perma-war conditions, supported by Pakistan, will eventually lead to their restoration. And they have good reason to believe so. 100% of land captured by NATO in the Summer, is returned to Taliban in the Winter. This cycle will not change until Pashto regions are carpet bombed and the opium fields are cleared by Napalm. |