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Polish engineer beheaded in Pakistan. [347]
Are the Taliban getting stronger there?.
definitely
Its hard to say. They don't have any moral support of masses in general. Their tactics are threat based. For example, one day some shopkeepers in a multimedia market would get a message to close down their businesses or face the consequences. If they don't comply, they would blow up a shop or two and make their point. So I would say that their tactics are threat based which are not likely to win any hearts and minds. Besides Pakistan is worlds 5th largest country with such a huge level of diversity that its painful.....really. To control such a massive population with threat alone is not likely going to work.
but building madrasas surely works for them in the long run.
afghan taleban, pakistani taleban
not really. it is the influence from afghanistan that is taking hold in NW pakistan.
Where does the money come from?.
ah, that is where obl comes in. there billions of $ coming from ksa towards this cause.
You can't be sure, so why don't try that out ? They cut off heads of our people and we should do what ? Give them more candies ? Let's take away some heads and play football. We will see then how brave and fearless they are.
more western heads will roll. that is not the civilized way to go greg. we have to stand above that otherwise we have no moral ground and we become just like the. al qaeda wins.
A simple straight forward and widely accepted answer would be drug money.
but obviously not true as talibs are against narco markets.
I am guessing, is heroin the main crop?.
yes but again, not a talib thing. others yes, but not taliban.
the biggest chunk of their GDP.
nope. ksa fundaising is