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  rajakumar at 08:31 AM JST - 12th October

  Since the 1893 Durrand line treaty of Afghanistan,the 2640 km border line has been place woes/clashes between rival par

  The line separates English/West influenced nations,which are considered different from Islamic nations to west of Durrand Line.

  It is a eastern front of Muslims nations via past Ottoman turkey empire and now via former taliban regime.

  The taliban alqeada(Afghan services bureau/MAK) formed in 1980s by Osama,wants to defend this eastern line front via afghanistan,which he considers as only true islamic nation,uninfluenced by english.

  There has always been a divide by provinces like NWFP/FATA/Baluchistan near Durrand line and Pakistan governance. The Baluchs, Pashtuns and Urdu speaking Islamabad always have ethnic difference woes of all sorts and many issues to be resolved by all parties.

  Nowadays, we know more via more news coverage/internet coverage of the going ons,in the Durrand line zone.

  These conflicts are not new,have been there for decades.

  Changes to this region,is not going to be easy,for all. Beter to adapt,to what is best ways for all parties

  There is fear of all sorts, in this region,they need to be resolved.

  Better to adapt what is best way up for all,with wise ,constant improvement decisions by world leaders/Obama administration, to eliminate the fears on the ground,along the durrand line.

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  rajakumar at 08:34 AM JST - 12th October

  rival par should be rival parties.

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  nandakandamanda at 12:53 PM JST - 12th October

  rajakumar, what you say sounds interesting, and I respect your opinion, but you need to get someone to help work on your English a little more before you push the Submit button, in order to make it easier to read. You are 96% there, but a lot of small things break the concentration and sometimes (often) make your meaning obscure. Hoping you don't take this in the wrong way, mate!

  Again I find the tone of the above article sympathetic to the Taliban and challenging to the Western efforts to prop up the Afghani govt. This is fine when criticizing your own govt, but may be a life and death matter for people in the arena. But if Rajakumar is right, perhaps we should allow a replacement of the new Islamic democratic govt of Afghanistan by a more radical non-representative ultra-orthodox military power. Who is right?

  I feel that the Western powers would be happy anytime to leave a stable Islamic state in place there. Rather like Pakistan, but more stable! No oil there anyway. In fact they would be happy to go home today if the Taliban would just back off and allow the democratic process to settle. The Taliban would then be free to step forward as candidates for positions (even President) in this new Islamic state.

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  rajakumar at 01:29 PM JST - 12th October

  nandakandamanda, Just writing these comments,according to all the research I do. I am 96 percent there in english,that is good to hear.

  I am not pro-taliban or pro-west. I just like to write something interesting for others to comment on.

  Afghanistan cannot be like Pakistan,because the script of study is fully arabic.

  British India made Pakistan more westernised in its way,with much english speakers and plenty english speaking leaders.

  Some people in taliban should be free in future to step forward, to be President or Vice president in afghan govt,this is good idea.

  New afghan govt can be free from violence,if more spiritual ways are adapted into government,and plenty of care taken not to offend traditional afghan ways/culture.

  Afghanistan is landlocked,modern ways are last to come there.

  Let new islamic govt,be as unique as it can be, and flexible to demands of taliban or those who are not pro-taliban.

  If there is a will for peace by all parties,there is way. It will be good,if a peaceful afghanistan can rise,in the future. This what I comment for.

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  Yelnats at 01:37 PM JST - 12th October

  Because of the Taliban, we have some great cartoons on the net to see, they cannot be all that bad.

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  nandakandamanda at 01:57 PM JST - 12th October

  These cross-dressers may have come from the Punjab: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/10/20091011859144143.html

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  PepinGalarga at 02:30 PM JST - 12th October

  Insurgents and Muhajideen in Pakistan and Afghanistan, they dont have factories to manufacture rifles, bullets, explosives. Cutting the supply lines and monitoring all road vehicle traffic by only allowing passing through a handful of places may be a way to do this. In the mountains, mules may be only way to transport, but before you get to the mule, things have to arrive on a truck from somewhere...

  Pakistan really has not pulled its weight to control the insurgents. If they do too much, then voters may thing that Pakistan is kowtowing to US demands. They should allow freer access to the most remote areas. Predator drone strikes are not as effective and can lead to civilian casualties.

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  nandakandamanda at 02:49 PM JST - 12th October

  Er, PepinGalarga, I believe that many of their weapons are homemade. There is a whole industry up there of Pakistani-made AK-47s, with every village churning stuff out...anything you want you can get, apparently.

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  PepinGalarga at 02:06 AM JST - 13th October

  you would need a foundry to work steel, and this would show up in IR satellite scans. I seriously doubt there is any ability to manufacture anything in these remote mountains.

  It's all gotta be coming in through a few areas. I know its virtually impossible for the US to even monitor its own border with Mexico, but at least they should give this a shot.

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