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Craig Murray's letter to The Herald from prison in Edinburgh: "As with the previous three times when UK invasions were defeated in Afghanistan, we have united a warring nation in hatred of us."

Disclaimer (#3)Document.png Letter  by Craig Murray dated 19 August 2021
Subjects: 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan, Afghanistan/2021 withdraw, Afghanistan, Taliban, NATO, NGO, The Herald
Source: The Herald (Link)

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A warring nation, united against us



Craig Murray writing from prison in Edinburgh

Nobody should be surprised by the rapid collapse of the western puppet government in Kabul.

Prior to 2001, the Taliban were very much a Pashtun nationalist force, fiercely opposed by the Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazara forces of the Northern Alliance.

Twenty years of hated foreign occupation has transformed the Taliban from a Pashtun internationalist force to an Afghan nationalist force.

As with the previous three times when UK invasions were defeated in Afghanistan, we have united a warring nation in hatred of us.

Journalists and politicians who never left the bubble of NATO-protected, pro-western NGOs are as surprised as they are ignorant.

Craig Murray,

HMP Saughton,

Former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan.