Posted on Sep 16, 2021
Afghanistan: The Rise of the Taliban : Throughline
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https://www.npr.org/2021/09/14/ [login to see] /afghanistan-the-rise-of-the-taliban
How did a small group of Islamic students go from local vigilantes to one of the most infamous and enigmatic forces in the world? The Taliban is a name that has haunted the American imagination since 2001. The scenes of the group's brutality repeatedly played in the Western media, while true, perhaps obscure our ability to see the complex origins of the Taliban and how they impact the lives of Afghans. It's a shadow that reaches across the vast ancient Afghan homeland, the reputation of the modern state, and throughout global politics. At the end of the US war in Afghanistan we go back to the end of the Soviet Occupation and the start of the Afghan civil war to look at the rise of the Taliban. Their story concludes Throughline's two-episode investigation on the past, present, and future of the country that was once called "the center of the world.
How did a small group of Islamic students go from local vigilantes to one of the most infamous and enigmatic forces in the world? The Taliban is a name that has haunted the American imagination since 2001. The scenes of the group's brutality repeatedly played in the Western media, while true, perhaps obscure our ability to see the complex origins of the Taliban and how they impact the lives of Afghans. It's a shadow that reaches across the vast ancient Afghan homeland, the reputation of the modern state, and throughout global politics. At the end of the US war in Afghanistan we go back to the end of the Soviet Occupation and the start of the Afghan civil war to look at the rise of the Taliban. Their story concludes Throughline's two-episode investigation on the past, present, and future of the country that was once called "the center of the world.
Afghanistan: The Rise of the Taliban : Throughline
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I found this link about the Taliban origin. I thought it popped up here on RP last week, but in any event it's only a few pages and a good brief rundown.
https://theconversation.com/the-history-of-the-taliban-is-crucial-in-understanding-their-success-now-and-also-what-might-happen-next-166630
https://theconversation.com/the-history-of-the-taliban-is-crucial-in-understanding-their-success-now-and-also-what-might-happen-next-166630
The history of the Taliban is crucial in understanding their success now – and also what might...
A historian explains how the Taliban emerged out of the decades of chaos that followed the Saur Revolution in Afghanistan in 1978.
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i think "Center of the World" is a stretch. There hasn't been anything there for centuries.
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CPL Jerry Masters
Actually, deception is the problem with those that don’t know who is really in charge of mankind!! The answer is really simple!! Our Creator, who revealed Himself through the Man, Jesus Christ!! The Way, The only Way, The Truth, The Only Truth, and The Life, which is Eternal!! But you MUST first SURRENDER!! It’s Glorious!!
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Capt Gregory Prickett
CPL Jerry Masters - Do you have any evidence to show that your version of the Abrahamic god is better than the Jewish version or the Muslim version? Or for that matter, that it's better than Odin, Maec-Awaetok, Zeus, and so on? Or the Hindu Trimurti (trinity) that consists of Brahma the Creator, Vishnu the Preserver, and Shiva the Destroyer?
Why should we believe in your god over the other gods?
Why should we believe in your god over the other gods?
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CPL Jerry Masters
Capt Gregory Prickett
The difference between their God and our God is that their god is dead, our God , Who gave His Life for us, and was resurrected from The Grave and is now sitting at The right hand of The Father!! And, He’s Supernatural in His promise to never leave us or forsake us!! He is there, all the time!! Omniscient! Omnipresent and Allknowing!! Always there, Living His Life through us!!
The difference between their God and our God is that their god is dead, our God , Who gave His Life for us, and was resurrected from The Grave and is now sitting at The right hand of The Father!! And, He’s Supernatural in His promise to never leave us or forsake us!! He is there, all the time!! Omniscient! Omnipresent and Allknowing!! Always there, Living His Life through us!!
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Capt Gregory Prickett
CPL Jerry Masters - How do you know that their god is dead, and that yours is alive? A good number of my people are fairly certain that Maec-Awaetok is still in charge.
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CPL Jerry Masters
Capt Gregory Prickett
They were deceived by the same serpent that deceived Eve in the garden!! Satan!! The prince of this world!! It’s in The Scriptures!! Read The Word of God!! The Bible!!
They were deceived by the same serpent that deceived Eve in the garden!! Satan!! The prince of this world!! It’s in The Scriptures!! Read The Word of God!! The Bible!!
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Capt Gregory Prickett
CPL Jerry Masters - I've read the Bible, from cover to cover, multiple times. I've never had a run-in with a talking serpent, and have never heard of anyone else who has either. Or at least no one with reliable evidence.
So why do you believe that instead of the Qur'an? It claims some of the same things as your book.
So why do you believe that instead of the Qur'an? It claims some of the same things as your book.
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CPL Jerry Masters
Capt Gregory Prickett
The entire Holy Bible features One Person in every book!! Jesus Christ!! You cannot understand The Scriptures entirely, unless the third Part of The Trinity, The Holy Spirit!! Again I repeat; I’ve had a Supernatural Experience with The Omnicient God, and a man with an Experience is never at the mercy of a man with an Argument!! My God’s favorite hangout is at the end of your rope!! Sounds like many folks are near there or soon will be, especially if you’re looking for Salvation!! End of argument!!
The entire Holy Bible features One Person in every book!! Jesus Christ!! You cannot understand The Scriptures entirely, unless the third Part of The Trinity, The Holy Spirit!! Again I repeat; I’ve had a Supernatural Experience with The Omnicient God, and a man with an Experience is never at the mercy of a man with an Argument!! My God’s favorite hangout is at the end of your rope!! Sounds like many folks are near there or soon will be, especially if you’re looking for Salvation!! End of argument!!
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