Part of channel(s): Afghanistan (current event)Mohammed Akbar Khan (1813-1842) was an Afghan general. He was active in the First Anglo-Afghan War, which lasted from 1839-1842. He is prominent for his siege of Kabul from 1841-1842, and of Gandomak near Jalalabad in 1842.
Akbar was the son of Dost Mohammed Khan, and he led a revolt in Kabul against the British mission of William McNaughten, Alexander 'Sekundar' Burnes and their garrison of 4,500 men. In November of 1841, he murdered the two British agents and besieged Major-General William Elphinstone's force in Kabul. Elphinstone accepted a safe-conduct for his force and about 12,000 associated refugees to flee to India; they were ambushed and massacred.
Historians think it unlikely that Akhbar Khan wished for the total annihilation of the British force. An astute man politically, he would have been aware that allowing the British to extricate themselves from Afghanistan would give him the time to consolidate his control of the diverse hill tribes; whereas, a massacre of 14000 people of which only about a quarter were a fighting force, would not be tolerated back in London and would result in another, larger army sent to exact retribution. This was in fact what happened the following year.
Many believe that Akhbar Khan was poisoned by his father, who feared his ambitions
The Taliban (Pashto) is a Sunni Muslim group that ruled most of Afghanistan from 1995 until 2001, when their spiritual leader Mohammad Omar was removed from power by NATO forces with the help of several anti-Taliban Afghan groups including the Northern Alliance. Committed fundamentalist insurgents, often described as "Taliban" in the media, originating in the Frontier Tribal Areas of Pakistan, are currently engaged in a protracted guerrilla war and terrorist campaign against the current government of Afghanistan and allied NATO forces.
The word Taliban is from the Pashto
Since becoming a loanword in English, Taliban besides a plural noun referring to the group is also used as a singular noun referring to an individual. For example, John Walker Lindh has been referred to as "an American Taliban" besides the more correct "an American Talib".
The Taliban initially had had enormous goodwill from Afghans weary of the corruption, brutality and incessant fighting of Mujahideen warlords. Two contrasting narratives of the beginnings of the Taliban are that the rape and murder of boys and girls from a family traveling to Kandahar or a similar outrage by Mujahideen bandits sparked Mullah Omar and his students to vow to rid Afghanistan of these criminals.The other is that the Pakistan-based truck shipping mafia known as the "Afghanistan Transit Trade" and their allies in the Pakistan government, trained, armed and financed the Taliban to clear the southern road across Afghanistan to the Central Asian Republics of extortionate bandit gangs.
The basis of the Taliban was provided when, in the early 1980s, the CIA and the ISI (Pakistan's Interservices Intelligence Agency) provided arms to any group resisting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and started the process of gathering radical Muslims from around the world to fight against the Soviets. Osama Bin Laden was one of the key players in organizing these U.S.-backed training camps for the Muslims. The U.S. poured funds and arms into Afghanistan and "by 1987, 65,000 tons of U.S.-made weapons and ammunition a year were entering the war".
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im the first one to see this shit :)
dont destroy Afghans picture through taliban
taliban doesn't represent either Afghans either specifically pashtuns
these fuck tards are singing in arabic
arabic is not Afghan language
its fuckin from arab world
it shows its propaganda video
Posted Oct-24-2007 Byarmanarm (12.92) 
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MURDERING RAT-BASTARD TERRORIST SCUM!!!!!
KILL EM'ALL
Posted Oct-25-2007 ByREDARMY (1263.96) 
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dont destroy Afghans picture through taliban
taliban doesn't represent either Afghans either specifically pashtuns
these fuck tards are singing in arabic
arabic is not Afghan language
its fuckin from arab world
it shows its propaganda video
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Nor sanga ee? wrak wrak ee Paltalk ta ham na raze :)
Posted Oct-24-2007 ByAfghanFighter (161.32) 
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In The Path Of Allah, good nasheed.
Posted Oct-25-2007 ByMrLiar (56.64) MrLiar View Channel Send Message
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There movement is worhtless if it doesnt involve freedom for women. Any religion or culture that is anti freedom for a race , religion or gender is evil, and shouldnt exist period.
Posted Oct-25-2007 Bysnapshooter323 (19.44) 
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While I refuse to stoop to the immature responses like Rangers above...I believe this video (and ones like it) do more harm for Afghan men than good.
Can you show me a video of a group of Afghani men working together to help build a school, or take care of their children or just trying to improve things in their day to day life. Every picture you show are men brandishing, and admiring weapons along with some poor attempts at looking menacing...is this how you want to portray yourself to the More..
Posted Oct-24-2007 Bymdscorpio71 (1118.62) 
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pose with their most phallic looking weapons...so this is what these people do when they are not running backwards into doorknobs...
Posted Oct-25-2007 Bycodeblue213 (191.66) 
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Loads of Targets
Posted Oct-24-2007 ByAverageJoeUK (35.26) 
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Posted Oct-26-2007 Byteufel-hunden (55.38) 
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lol
Posted Oct-24-2007 Byacidcasual (260.40) 
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oh it's like a zoo!
Posted Oct-26-2007 Byval d oise (32.34) 
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As a soldier, the Taliban actually had a noble and honorable start. Somewhere along the line (and in very short order) they got perverted, and became apostate, preaching hatred instead of love, and spending more time killing their countrymen then teaching them. Now they are nothing but lowly thugs and bullies. Killing children for having a US dollar in their pocket, and murdering women going to market in the hopes of maybe wounding one of us on patrol.
Afghanistan will be strong, and stand on More..
Posted Oct-24-2007 ByCQMS (263.20) 
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taliban will never change they studied wahabbism through their religous school which was funded by saudies in wahabbism they follow wahab an extreme cleric in 17 century who made laws from himself not quran not allah or his prophets
Posted May-25-2008 Bywatup (24.60) 
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You have an understanding of what Islam now faces. I truly feel for them as a Catholic, as now they are going through the pains we went through with the Reformation of the Church.
I take heart though, in that they, like us, will be stronger for it.
Posted May-25-2008 ByCQMS (263.20) 
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KILL EM'ALL"
Posted Oct-26-2007 Bybunzi999 (10.12) bunzi999 View Channel Send Message
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Afghanistan will be strong, and stand on her own again soon. Us in the coalition will leave, and hopefully I can go back some day as a tourist, and take in the beautiful countryside, and spend time to actually get to know the locals. Afghanistan has a VERY rich history, and many very ancient relics and buildings are evident throughout.
Afghanistan deserves peace. Why do the Taliban insist on destroying reconstruction efforts? Why do the Taliban target for death deminers (who are trying to protect Afghans)? Why does the Taliban not want girls to go to school, or get medical aid when required? Why does the Taliban target aid workers who not only do not work for the Coalition Forces or the Afghan Government, but absolutly refuse to work with us? Why does the Taliban insist on behaving like thugs and bullies?
Should the Taliban decide to grow up and negotiate for the good of Afghans,t hey will find, that so long as they are Afghans, they will have a voice. Many have already given up violence, and have a voice now in shaping the future of Afghanistan for Afghans. A united voice would go far to prevent outside interference from either the ISI or the US. Does the Taliban enjoy being slaves to other's ideology?"
Posted Oct-24-2007 ByCQMS (263.20) 
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