you need to read up on your history and see what was being said up untill1999 re the taliban, by sources such as the chritian science who in 1999 claimed schools for women/girls were being built
or that before the taliban took over, Amnesty International described the women's conditions in 1995 as follows:
" Women and girls all over Afghanistan live in constant fear of being raped by armed guards. For years, armed guards have been allowed to torture them in this way without fear of reprimand from their leaders. In fact, rape is apparently condoned by most leaders as a means of terrorizing conquered populations and or rewarding soldiers."
Some sources went as far as saying They have managed to achieve an end to the chaos of the Mujahideen era, successfully dis-armed warlords and patched together most parts of Afghanistan under a unitary military, economic and political authority.
Pictures like what you show and rape and murder were the norm, the taliban were credited as putting a stop to this.
As for the oil. give it a rest you say? the International Herald Tribunal reports that in the summer of 1998, “the Clinton administration was talking with the Taleban about potential pipeline routes to carry oil and natural gas out of Turkmenistan to the Indian Ocean by crossing Afghanistan and Pakistan
the New York Times similarly reported, “The Clinton Administration has taken the view that a Taliban victory... would act as a counterweight to Iran... and would offer the possibility of new trade routes that could weaken Russian and Iranian influence in the region
the Wall Street Journal reporting that the main interests of American and other Western elites lie in making Afghanistan “a prime transhipment route for the export of Central Asia’s vast oil, gas and other natural resources”. “Like them or not,” the Journal continues without fear of contradiction, “the Taliban are the players most capable of achieving peace in Afghanistan at this moment in history.”
the US were not able to 'control' the taliban. and as tony blair said in hi interview the west was looking for reasons to invade, 9/11 gave them an excuse.
I dont defend the taliban as such, just hate how people believe the hype. re alqaeda i bet you dont know jack about them but will spout on anyway
so you think the taliban in civvies and a rifle taking on the might of the USA and its allies with their mases of artillary etc is cowardice? have word.
In war you do what you have to do, with what you have. I laugh when i hear pussies crying about the wrong boots or not enough armour etc.
