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Anand Gopal
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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