By Arun Anand This is the 12th part of the 30-part series on ‘The Taliban Story’ that we bring to our readers. You can share your feedback at contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the 12th part: Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef was born …
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By Arun Anand- This is the 11th part of the 30-part series on ‘The Taliban Story’ that we bring to our readers. You can share your feedback at contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the 11th part: Ahmed Shah Massoud, the legendary military …
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By Arun Anand- This is the 10th part of the ‘Taliban Story’, a 30-part series that we bring to our readers. The feedback can be shared at contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the 10th part- The Taliban’s insurgency in Afghanistan after 2001 …
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By Arun Anand- This is the ninth part of the 30-part series that brings to our readers ‘The Taliban Story’. The readers can share their feedback at contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the ninth part Opium production and smuggling of narcotics especially …
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By Arun Anand The three pillars on which Taliban’s functioning rests are morality, commerce and war. To understand more about these three pillars or functions one needs to understand the way Taliban exercises power that it usurps illegitimately from institutions …
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By Arun Anand- This is seventh part of ‘The Taliban Story’. It is a 30 part series on Taliban that we bring to our readers. You can share your feedback at contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the seventh part- In 1990s after …
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By Arun Anand The Soviet Union had invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and its troops finally left the country after much bloodshed and devastation in 1989. During these 20 years different Mujahideen factions fought against the Russians. Even after the Soviet …
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By Arun Anand This is fifth of the 30 part series on ‘The Taliban Story’ that we are bringing to our readers. You can share the feedback at Contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the fifth part: It is important to understand the …
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By Arun Anand- This multi-part series brings ‘The Taliban Story’ to our readers. You can share the feedback at Contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the fourth part Haqqani Network/Nexus is a relatively unknown organization or network as compared to many other similar …
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By Arun Anand- This multi-part series brings ‘The Taliban Story’ to our readers. You can share the feedback at Contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the third part One often hears the term ‘The Great Game’ when it comes to bloodshed, violence, and …
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By Arun Anand- This multi-part series brings ‘The Taliban Story’ to our readers. You can share the feedback at Contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the second part During the 18th century, the Persian Safavid dynasty, Moghuls, and the Uzbek Janid dynasty, all …
By Arun Anand- This is first of the multi- part series on Taliban. This series would bring ‘The Taliban Story’ to our readers. You can share the feedback at Contact@thenationalistview.com. Here is the first part. Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist …
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