Pakistany president, imran khan came to power thanks in some part to his opposition to the american drone war. But he also came to power with ties to the very same military forces that had facilitated both the drone war and islamic reaction within the country. What have we seen from this cricket star and supposed defender of pakistany nothing much. He pledged to build a new pargestan, but there's nothing new about what's going on.
Legendary socialist scholar Tariq Ali on the long history of Afghanistan: the 19th and early 20th-century wars against the British Empire; the communist coup, Soviet invasion, and US-backed mujahideen war; the rise of the Taliban; and the 2001 US-led NATO invasion through the recent US defeat and withdrawal. Plus, a lot about Pakistan.
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