Browsing All posts tagged under »Taliban«
Separate Realities, Centers of Gravity and Global COIN’s Cultural “Solvent”
Maimana, the capital of Faryab Province, as I photographed part of it in 1969 The new USNATO military base at Maimana. Note the farmland plowed up to prevent approach and to prevent improvised explosive devices to be hidden there by the occupied peoples. Stand back! You are too close. [Note: this article incorporates some text […]
In Afghanistan: Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me?
November 20, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
Come On, Show Me that Smile! One has to wonder if NATO military planners and officers in the field are just slightly insane with frustration, or simply have a perverse sense of humour. In this BBC story, British troops armed to the teeth enter a compound in darkness en masse, scaring the little children, and […]
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM): Commemorating Columbus Day 2010
October 12, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
Readers will appreciate that a tremendous amount of historical research, and interviews with participants, went into this project to present the true history of the voyages of Christopher Columbus to Afghanistan, a history that thus far has been replete with misconceptions, unsubstantiated rumour, and popular myths. Clearly, Columbus and his brothers are to be celebrated […]
Are You Afraid of the Digital Taleban?
October 3, 2010 by Maximilian Forte
In the latest in militainment news, Electronic Arts has bowed to pressure from military officials in the U.S. and UK–not that it wasn’t already predisposed to their sentiments–and to the overreaching complaints of family members of those who died killing Afghans, and removed mention of the Taleban from the upcoming release of “Medal of Honor.” […]
Taleban–Not Taliban
July 8, 2010 by M. Jamil Hanifi
In Western discourse, the neo-fundamentalist Taleban movement and the noun from which it is derived are awkwardly, often incorrectly, represented. In Paxtu (Pakhtu, Pashto, Pushtu, etc.) the movement is rendered da talebano ghorzang, and in Dari (Afghan Farsi), jonbesh-e taleban. In Paxtu and Dari usage, the noun taleb (student, seeker of knowledge) is gendered, and […]
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August 19, 2012 by John Allison
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