Re: 14 Americans killed in Afghan helicopter crashes
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October 27 2009, 12:48 AM
welcome to the land of the Pashtuns
The people of eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan are called Pashtuns. Their land has been invaded -- but never conquered -- by the soldiers of Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Tamerlane, Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States.
The Pashtuns have a tribal code that transcends politics and even religion. It commands them to grant protection to every guest -- and to give fugitives like Mr. bin Laden the right of refuge. It decrees death to invaders. The first British garrison surrendered Kabul in 1842, and 16,000 died at the hands of the Pashtuns in a retreat through Jalalabad to the Khyber Pass. One man survived. The last Soviet general left Afghanistan in 1989, after a nine-year occupation and 15,000 Soviet deaths.
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Re: 14 Americans killed in Afghan helicopter crashes
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October 29 2009, 12:50 AM
Rest in Peace
Another 14 families shattered for one man's greed.
The epic story of a mongol-turcoman
scythio timurid who joined the ranks
of the knights templar to rid the world
of intolerant beings. "This is
a masterpiece of a story"
William Golding
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