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Anand Gopal
Journalist
Afghanistan
American
Country
Groups
Had
Military
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In 2012, I received a phone call from the family of Arsala Rahmani, the Afghan senator with whom I'd become friendly. That morning, a gunman had pulled up alongside Rahmani's vehicle, idling in a crowded intersection, and shot him point blank.
Anand Gopal
Family
Morning
Phone
Become
Phone Call
Crowded
Point
Blank
Had
Vehicle
Alongside
Call
Him
Idling
Up
Friendly
Senator
Afghan
Shot
Whom
Received
Pulled
Intersection
The existence of the Taliban, in my view, is a tragedy for Afghanistan. We as Americans need to understand our role in helping bring that tragedy about. So I think it's important to look at the stories about why these people are fighting.
Anand Gopal
People
Important
Fighting
Think
Our
About
Look
Taliban
Understand
Existence
Tragedy
Role
American
Afghanistan
Stories
View
Helping
Why
Bring
Need
After the Soviet withdrawal, many Afghan Communists had rebranded themselves as Islamists and joined the mujahedeen.
Anand Gopal
Joined
Had
Withdrawal
Islamists
Soviet
Afghan
After
Themselves
Communists
Many
The central thesis of the American failure in Afghanistan - the one you'll hear from politicians and pundits and even scholars - was succinctly propounded by Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage: 'The war in Iraq drained resources from Afghanistan before things were under control'.
Anand Gopal
War
Failure
You
Before
Control
Politicians
Drained
State
Resources
Secretary
Pundits
Scholars
Were
Hear
Iraq
American
Afghanistan
Central
Richard
Deputy
Even
Thesis
Things
A military base in a country like Afghanistan is also a web of relationships, a hub for the local economy, and a key player in the political ecosystem.
Anand Gopal
Key
Political
Country
Military
Local
Relationships
Web
Like
Economy
Ecosystem
Also
Hub
Afghanistan
Base
Player
Unlike other Taliban groups, the Haqqanis' approach to mayhem was worldly and sophisticated: they recruited Arabs, Pakistanis, even Europeans, and they were influenced by the latest in radical Islamist thought.
Anand Gopal
Thought
Radical
Other
Worldly
Approach
Unlike
Latest
Arabs
Sophisticated
Taliban
Were
Mayhem
Influenced
Europeans
Even
Groups
If night raids and detentions are an unavoidable part of modern counterinsurgency warfare, then so is the resentment they breed.
Anand Gopal
Unavoidable
Part
Modern
Warfare
Then
Breed
Resentment
Night
When US-led forces toppled the Taliban government in November 2001, Afghans celebrated the downfall of a reviled and discredited regime.
Anand Gopal
Government
November
Taliban
Forces
Reviled
Celebrated
Afghans
Regime
Downfall
Never short of guns and guerrillas, Afghanistan has proven fertile ground for a host of insurgent groups in addition to the Taliban.
Anand Gopal
Addition
Guns
Host
Never
Taliban
Insurgent
Proven
Fertile
Afghanistan
Short
Ground
Groups
Al Qaeda's vision of global jihad doesn't resonate in the rugged highlands and windswept deserts of southern Afghanistan. Instead, the major concern throughout much of the country is intensely local: personal safety.
Anand Gopal
Vision
Safety
Resonate
Rugged
Country
Jihad
Local
Throughout
Instead
Major
Global
Concern
Southern
Personal
Intensely
Afghanistan
Much
Al
Deserts
For years, Hizb-I-Islami fighters have had a reputation for being more educated and worldly than their Taliban counterparts, who are often illiterate farmers.
Anand Gopal
Reputation
Worldly
More
Had
Counterparts
Taliban
Educated
Years
Than
Often
Being
Fighters
Farmers
Who
Illiterate
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