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Aug. 15, 2010 The Punjabis know it. The Pashtuns know it, too. So do the rest of the tribes in the region. President Karzai knows it and so does his brother. Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires. In the nineteenth century, wisely, the Russian Empire stayed out of it. Too full of themselves, the Soviets thought that by propping their Communist allies, they could stabilize the country. Wrong! Supporting the tribes of the Northern Alliance, it took the Americans only a few weeks to run the obnoxious Taliban regime out of power. That was nine years ago. Instead of paying for the broken dishes and leaving like good houseguests, the Americans stayed and stayed. The scattered Taliban regrouped and returned to bash Americans for not paying the bill. Americans are angry with Pakistan because the Punjabis ruling it have friendly relations with the Taliban who are mostly Pashtuns, many of whom live in Pakistan and can cause grievous trouble. Among Americans there has been a lot of talk about a new strategy. So far, in Marja this new strategy is not working. American troops are bogged down in an area controlled by the Taliban, The much vaunted, follow up operation to retake control of Kandahar seems indefinitely postponed. Meanwhile, in Langham Province, east of Kabul, the Afghan National Army got severely clobbered by the Taliban. Based on this event, which is isolated because generally the Afghan Army does not fight, this question rises:
How come the Afghan Army, which is lavishly financed and trained by Americans cannot win against a rag tag, poorly trained, locally financed force? Why is it, the ANA needs foreign advisors and the insurgents do better without them?
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