Re: Taliban terrorists kidnap Indian driver (Merged)
Noor sahiba,
The US supported Afghan Mujahideen to fight the Russians. The Taliban started in the mid 1990s after the Russians were kicked out. Some former Afghan mujahid leaders joined the Taliban but the two were entirely different phenomenon. The anti-Russian Afghan mujhaideen consisted of all ethnicities - Tajik, Hazara, Pashtun, Uzbek and Herat Shias. The Taliban were basically Pushtuns who were educated and trained in Pakistani madrassas. I challenge you to find a single article before the 1990s with the word "Taliban" as the group that fought the Russians. I have studied International Relations with the best and know what I'm talking about.
Secondly, I have personally met Christophe Jaffrelot when he was in the US at SAIS-Johns Hopkins. His 2002 book is titled "Pakistan: Nationalism without a nation" which I have read several times. He only says that the reason Pakistan created the Taliban was to avoid Pashtun nationalism. If you want real info, read Ahmed Rashid's "Taliban" and you will get details of Pakistan army and ISI sending covert units to fight with the Taliban. Whenever the Pak army support was pulled, Taliban would lose big. Rashid has details of which Pak army units played a role. Also read Larry Goodson's work on this. He used to live in Afghanistan. Another recent book is by Associated Press' Kathy Gannon who gives plenty of details on Pak army men and officers fighting as Taliban.
In short, I have a Ph D in this area and know much more than what most of the brainwashed here combined.