Taliban didn't come into existence till 1994. Mullah Omar was a foot soldier during the afghan war. Regarding your question on whether Taliban fell out of the sky, my guess would be more like the ISI's HQ. After seeing Afghanistan slipping away to pro-Afghan elements rather than the pro-Pakistan...
@RiazHaq the caption on the picture is quite disingenuous, to put it mildly. In fact, some might call it a blatant lie. Taliban was never at the White House. That's the afghan mujahideen meeting president Reagan a decade before the existence of Taliban. I did take the time to read your "musings"...
It's been more than half a century since the Sino-Indian war. I think it might have time to let it go.
The ESCALATION is because of Modi's more aggressive posture, not the firing itself. That happens all the time on the indo-pak border. Also, Modi's didn't make the Chinese nomads pitch tents in...
All this is nonsense. The reality is China is now a global power with a lot new toys and it wants to try them out. That's why the same Chinese who spent 50 years minding their own business suddenly feel like everyone is trying to pick a fight them.