Herat's Ismael Khan holds a lot of cards; let Afghans settle these affairs amongst themselves. I agree with you. The major defections are going to happen soon. The reason the pounding from up above or you may say ‘Allah’ is hard and deafening. I doubt if most of these Taliban will make it to Kabul or Kandahar after rote of Mazar. The bombing is so minutely carried out that the distance become impossible to cover. In face of daisy cutters and carpet-bombing I doubt we can see reinforcements of Kabul. If they want they can get Kabul before 17th. The real fight will be to restore Afghan nation and their children and women to levels of respect and education that we all may take pride. The freedom from shackles of slavery is like opening the doors of Auschwitz, Afghanistan is a mental Auschwitz, although I make no comparison here, but in terms of breaking the will of a nation the nazism can be compared to this extreme form of fanaticism that we witnessed in Afghanistan. The case of rebuilding this nation is strong and very viable. A fund approved by UN and funded by Saudi Oil wealth along with other major players in the region as a punitive damage payment for restoration of Afghanistan is a must. Punitive damages for nations of Osama bin Laden, his company may cough up a cool 100 million $ here. That would be a nice gesture from International group of Bin Laden contributing to the welfare of Afghanistan orphans and widows. I doubt they would do it, but time to call the King Fahd to be ready for 1 million barrel of oil in kind for next 5 years delivered free to Afghanistan. The Afghans can barter it with money. Someone should write it to the President. Saudis owe it big time to the world community for actions of their nations, condemnation alone is great but 'some money to restore' Afghanistan would be equally welcome.
Iqbal Latif
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