The Afghanistan War: Absurdity or Necessity?

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I think that assessment is a little short sighted. Al Qaeda may not have a strong presence there right now, but the Taliban surely does and if the Taliban regains control you can bet Al Qaeda will be flooding right back in.

There's supposed to be different varieties of Taliban. Some are more partial to Al Quaeda than others but the majority seem to be very, very, very conservative Muslim followers of Wahabi.

To me, this Taliban - Al Quaeda connection is a foreign policy unknown in 2009. I wish we did know more about it. The little that I've read indicates that the majority of the Taliban do not necessarily support the tactics of Al Quaeda. On the other hand, there's a minority that seems to support them.