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How does MMA have any bearing on military prowess?

Yes, I agree. But the use of environment to explain differances is not just used by CCP. Is this not exactly what is used in UK, USA etc? It would be a brave person who would say 'Blacks are thick but make good boxers' because they are born that way. Instead historical racism and slavery is used...

A very interesting interview of cross section of the Afghan opposition leadership who were in Pakistan and had talks with PM Imran Khan and army chief Gen. Javed Bajwa. The first guy is brother of the late Ahmed Shah Massoud of the Panjsher Northern Alliance and his Tajiks. It also includes...

MOSCOW: Russia, China, the United States and Pakistan are interested in serving as mediators in resolving the crisis in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. https://www.dawn.com/news/1642485/pakistan-among-states-ready-to-mediate-in-afghanistan-lavrov @AlphaMike...

If your saying differant 'races' are more pre-disposed to certain attributes I would agree. Just look at boxing, sprint etc and see who dominates it. Here in UK I just read a report that apprently Tasers are 8 times more often used against Black people. This partly could be explianed by their...

Instead of coughing so much, why not clear your throat and elaborate what your on about?

Islamists come in all shapes and sizes. It is continuum. Not a point on the line. If they were all a point you would see unity when I see little. They even fight with each other. Saudi's are also Islamists, you might even include Pakistan's PM Imran Khan as one and his detractors cal Erdogan a...

Your mistaken there. A typical Talib is a simple, mountain goat herder, has extreme trait of Pashtun xenophobia mixed in a cocktail of tribal code, a very rigid translation of Islam and regional politics. There is little interest with outside world which is why Taliban are not Al Qaeda. Taliban...

Pakistan will not recognise IAE until a block emerges. At minimum China, along with Russia, Iran and Uzbekistan. This is minimum threshold for Pakistan and FM Qureshi's trip abroad as detailed in my post above referances this. True but is is Taliban. The much talked about Haqqani network has...

It's obvious Pakistan is desperately to garner a regional solution to Afghan problem. The crucial chips lie with Pakistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan for the obvious reason that all five have border with Afghanistan. If all five work together nobody else from outside can really...

When and if Russia, China, Turkey and Pakistan recognise IEA within the year you will see a functioning IEAF. Pashtuns are a resourceful people. If a superpower can be humbled so can a stupid helicopter!

This underlines what I said. How come the Dharmics don't grab the opportunity to go to fastest growing economy on earth - India? The reason is like any migrants USA, Canada and Europe are the preferred choices. Here is a fact. If United States offered 100,000 free air seats to USA and a free...

Some good news from Pakistan. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Monday the Afghan Taliban had reassured the government that the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) would not be given permission to operate in Afghanistan against Pakistan. With regards to Taliban V.01 and their...

Just to be clear if there was justice in this world I would have the senior Taliban leadership from 2001 face criminal neglect charges and imprisoned for life. It would hanging but I am against corporal punishment of anysort. I guess being brought up in UK has sensitised me to some concepts...

American war crimes in Afghanistan far exceed those listed or even recorded. Thing of it this way. A typical US Army recruit comes from that strata of American society who tend to lean right, are Islamaphobic, look at the east as threat to Western civilization and often are racist. Now prep them...

Not this gobshyte again. Last week he was sat in Kabul and talking of how Talibs were being destroyed. Then he ran away. We had few days of quite. Now he is again at it - we might call him Twiiter Jihadi launches Twitter Jihad.

Afghanistan as a modern state has never existed. All it was is a loose bundle of peoples who accepted Kabul's pre-eminence but most everyday decision making remained with the feriously independant minded tribes. In such a loose constellation Kabul edicts mattered little. As long as this remained...

One of the problems that most people overlook is that the geography of the country has two Afghanistans. Running along the countries south-west axis is effectively a mountain barrier know as Hindu Kush [literally Hindu Killer]. Most of the population to south of this barrier is Pashtun and this...

Very, very little. Geography defines populations. Afghanistan is vast country with mountains, high altitude cold deserts with extreme weather. In such environment life has always been hard. This is Turkish Anatolian plateux lifted even higher, mountains even more jagged. Traditionally this...

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