Abu Zolfiqar
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That is humbug, his militia has never commited atrocities on the Pashtuns, the other members of the NA especially the Junbish commanders under Dostum who are virulently anti-Taliban massacred them in the pro-Taliban strongholds. But Dostum reversed that trend and even succumbed to Karzai's position on reintegrating Pashtuns into the mainstream. The one stance that he has is of non-integrating pro-Taliban Pashtun populace in the ANA, which will also be slowly reverted. His non-negotiable stance against the Taliban and his intelligence failures failure led him to resign, he was not removed.
If you think about countering encirclement, you greatly underestimate the ANA and the local Aghan populace and overestimate the Hekmatyars and Omar's Taliban. This will backfire against the Pakistanis like Operation Gibraltar and Hamid Gul's Jalalabad debacle.
Hogwash.
Even Newsweek ran a cover story on Northern Alliance and their not so impeccable human rights record.
As for NA - well that's the faction your country has been supporting. But I believe indias meddling will be on the wrong side of history. Your project designs there won't work. Keep trying, see how far it takes you
Karzai is in a very uncertain and precarious position it seems - especially with him biting the hands (I emphasize the plural) that fed and continue to feed him.
As for ANA yes I do underestimate them because its not an army it's a 300,000 strong militia which is often required to now disarm not just near American 2 and 3 stars but even trainers sometimes
Having been around afghan soldiers and observed them I can say that they have a ways to go. Many brave men, but also much risk for mutiny or insubordinate conduct (drug use is rampant too). Afghan economy can't even cover one quarter of their expense. But hey don't take my word for it! Find out yourself