[Marxism] A war of colonial conquest in Afghanistan

[Nasir Khan]

A war of colonial conquest in Afghanistan
James Cogan | wsws.org, 10 July 2009

The largest military operation since the Obama administration took
office is now underway in the southern Afghan province of Helmand.
Some 4,000 marines, along with hundreds of British troops, are
attempting to impose control over an ethnic Pashtun population that
has opposed the US-led occupation ever since the 2001 invasion
overthrew the Taliban government and installed a puppet regime.

At the same time, the Pakistani government, primarily because of
financial and political coercion by Washington, has ordered its
military into a brutal offensive against the Pashtun people of
northwest Pakistan. Their crime is that they share a common history,
language and culture with the Pashtuns of Afghanistan and provide
support to the Taliban insurgency over the ill-defined border between
the two countries.

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