The Truth About the Taliban

Like It or Not, Taliban Is Afghanistan’s True Independence Movement

“Oh! wherefore come ye forth, in triumph from the North,

With your hands, and your feet, and your raiment all red?

And wherefore doth your rout send forth a joyous shout?”

‘The Battle of Naseby’ by Thomas Macaulay

After 20 years of B-52 carpet bombing of Afghanistan, murderous drone strikes, 350,000 puppet soldiers, 20,000 mercenaries, nearly two trillion dollars in US spending, destruction of countless Afghan villages, the killing up to one million Afghans, spreading the opium trade around southeast Asia and Europe, abetting wide scale torture…. after all this the US-run Afghan’s puppet `president’ and his drug-dealing cronies have fled embattled Kabul like thieves in the night.

Taliban – more accurately the Islamic Movement of Afghanistan – has been slandered by almost every western news outlet and wrongly called a terrorist movement linked to the late Osama bin Laden.  Heavily-propagandized Americans, Canadians and British have been inundated by this torrent of government lies against Afghanistan’s Pashtun (Pathan) people.

I was in Afghanistan with the newly created Taliban in the early 1990’s.  I walked from Pashtun village to village and had tea with the local chiefs, known as ‘maliks.’  The Pashtun treated me as an honored guest and welcome visitor.  These rough mountain warriors were the descendants of the fighters who had defeated four British invasions the previous century.  My book ‘War at the Top of the World’ examines the beginning of our Afghan War.

The fathers of these Pashtun fighters were the men who formed the anti-Soviet ‘mujahidin’ (holy warriors) that defeated the mighty Soviet Red Army with the secret help of US, British and most of all Pakistani intelligence.  Everyone in south Asia knew better than to mess with the Pashtun Afghans, including their blood enemies, Afghanistan’s ethnic Tajiks, Uzbeks and Hazara.

An old Hindu prayer goes, ‘Beware of the fang of the cobra, the claw of the tiger, and the vengeance of the Pathan (Pashtun)’

Taliban had just been created when I was visiting the usually off-limits frontier Tribal Territories on the Pakistan-Afghan frontier and the Khyber Pass leading into Afghanistan.  After the hurried Soviet pullout, Afghanistan fell into civil war or anarchy.  Armed gangs attacked caravans and raped many Afghan women, mostly in the Pashtun region.  In Islam, rape is a grave, intolerable crime.

As chaos spread, a one-eyed village preacher, Mullah Omar, a maimed veteran of the anti-Soviet struggle, organized a group of his young religious students, known as ‘Talibs,’ to protect the local village women and defend the caravans.  As the late Benazir Bhutto told me, she ordered Pakistan’s   Home ministry to arm the Talibs.

At that time, the Afghan Communists were waging a war to keep control of the countryside and, most important, the nation’s lush opium fields, which financed the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance and Communist Party.  Once Taliban defeated the Tajik-Communist alliance, opium production in Afghanistan fell by over 90%.  Until then, Afghanistan was the world’s leading producer and exporter of opium.  This narcotic was then exported with full Communist approval to the Soviet Union/Russia, Iran, Central Asia an onward to northern Europe.  Afghanistan’s ethnic Tajiks, many Communist dominated, ran most of the drug trade.

Taliban crushed the Afghan drug trade and ended some of the attacks on women.  But its members were mostly rough-hewn mountaineers of the very old school.  They often treated women badly, as was the custom, but certainly far less brutally compared to the often-murderous way girls and women were mistreated or murdered in India, a US ally, or by US air raids on Afghan towns and villages.

Afghanistan’s urban education system was heavily infiltrated by the Afghan Communist Party which used female education as a way of infiltrating government.  A major reason for Taliban’s hostility to female education was that it was viewed as a communist plot.

Today’s Taliban is a younger generation of mountain people, better educated and less narrow-minded than their rustic elders.  I was invited by its leadership to attend peace talks in Doha.  Meanwhile, one hopes that American right-wingers do not get the US to stage new military operations against Afghanistan to prolong this 20-year conflict.  Let the Afghans sort out their own messy ethnic issues without interference by their neighbors.  A new coalition government that includes non-Taliban leaders like former president Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar should be encouraged and supported.  War criminals like Uzbek warlord Rashid Dostum should be prosecuted.

We have to stop drinking our own Kool-Aid over Afghanistan, stop believing our own western and communist propaganda and try to accept that what we are so far seeing is the liberation of this war-ravaged land from four decades of first Soviet, then US occupation.

From LRC, here.

Rabbi Miller to Women: At Home Dress Up; on the Street Just Be Plain.

Rav Avigdor Miller on Sheitels: The Good and the Bad

Q:
Can a woman wear a custom made sheitel?

A:
Let me explain something about this subject of sheitelech. I don’t want to hurt anybody’s feelings; I want to make everybody happy and wearing a sheitel is certainly a good thing. But you should know that some sheitelim look too natural.

And therefore long-haired sheitelim I think should be avoided. I won’t tell you exactly what to do, but you must know there is a responsibility on women to be able to come before the bais din shel maaleh when the time is up and she should be able to say, “I wasn’t the cause of anybody who was looking at me too much.”

A woman should never be in a position where she is liable to be blamed for causing men to look at her. It’s not her fault that she is a woman, but she has to be careful not to misuse that privilege. Her husband is the one who has to look at her; others should not look.

And therefore if you are too careful with your appearance, it’s looking for trouble. I don’t say you shouldn’t look good, but to make it your business to look attractive that’s not right.

At home many people are slovenly, they’re sloppy. The husband sees a sloppy wife at home but on the street she dresses to kill! It should be the opposite. At home you should dress up and make the best impression on your husband; on the street just be plain.

TAPE # E-152 (September 1998)

From Toras Avigdor, here.

שיר – תודה על הזכות לומר תודה

איציק אשל מארח את מיכאל הדר – מזמור לתודה | Itzik Eshel Ft. Michael Hadar – Mizmor Letoda

Jan 30, 2021

איציק אשל מארח את מיכאל הדר – מזמור לתודה | Itzik Eshel Ft. Michael Hadar – Mizmor Letoda.

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“כל יום נמשכת מנגינה
על כל הצלילים אתה מנצח
על שמש קיץ ועל ים
על אור גדול שבי זורח
הולך איתי ,נותן לי לבחור
בלי לפחד בלי לעצור

תודה על השפע מהכל
תודה לך מלך כל יכול
תודה שהחזרת נשמה
תודה על חיים במתנה
תודה על השמש והאור
אתה שדואג לכל מחסור
אנחנו איתך עולים עולים
תודה שנתת לי חיים

מזמור לתודה הריעו לשם
כבוד מלכותו בכל בארץ
עבדו את השם רק בשמחה
בואו לפניו ברננה
פותח ידך נותן לי רצון
בין חושך לאור לבחור נכון

תודה על השפע מהכל
תודה לך מלך כל יכול
תודה שהחזרת נשמה
תודה על חיים במתנה
תודה לך מלך מלכים
אנחנו בניך נסיכים
תודה על הזכות לומר תודה
קרב לנו אבא גאולה”.

המשך לקרוא…

מאתר יוטיוב, כאן.

הצעה פוליטית לחידוש קבורת ארץ ישראל

רבנים הניחו על שולחנו של השר מתן כהנא הצעה ל”ליקוט עצמות” שנה לאחר המוות, וריכוזן במערות ייעודיות, והוא סיכם עם משרד האוצר כי יבחן זאת עם פוסקי הלכה כמענה למחסור בקרקע של בתי העלמין. בש”ס זועמים: “יוזמה מזעזעת ואכזרית, שתגרום לחילול בתי עלמין יהודיים בעולם”

קובי נחשוני|13.08.21

אחרי הרפורמות בכשרות ובגיור, במשרד לשירותי דת בוחנים יוזמה חדשה שעלולה להקפיץ את הממסד הרבני. ל-ynet ול”ידיעות אחרונות” נודע כי השר מתן כהנא שוקל הצעה להוצאת גופות נפטרים מן האדמה בחלוף שנה מהקבורה, וליקוט עצמותיהם במרוכז, וזאת במסגרת המאמצים לפתור את מצוקת הקרקע של בתי העלמין ברחבי הארץ.
במסגרת הדיונים על תקציב המדינה, העלה משרד האוצר בפני כהנא את הצורך לצמצם את השימוש בקרקעות מדינה חדשות, ולנצל באופן מיטבי את החלקות הקיימות שכבר נמצאות בשימוש. הצדדים סיכמו כי מגמת המעבר לקבורה רוויה תואץ, וקבורת השדה המסורתית תצומצם בהתאם, ובנוסף תיבחן לראשונה גם ההצעה המהפכנית ולפיה הנפטרים ייטמנו לפרק זמן קצר בלבד, לשם שימוש חוזר בקברים.
את היוזמה מנסים לקדם בשנים האחרונות כמה רבנים, חוקרים ואנשי מקצוע, והיא מבוססת על שיטת “קבורת ארץ ישראל” הנזכרת בתלמוד. ראש המועצה הדתית גוש עציון, הרב רפי אוסטרוף, מוביל את המאמצים בעניין, ואף ייסד עמותה שעוסקת בכך. כעת ייתכן שיזכה לחסות ממלכתית על המיזם, וליישומו על ידי חברות הקדישא הפועלות מטעם המדינה.
כך תעבוד השיטה
בפרסומים שנועדו לעודד את העניין, הסבירו הרב אוסטרוף וחבריו כיצד עובדת השיטה: “הנפטר נקבר באדמה בקבורה רגילה, כמו שקוברים היום. בתוך הקבר שמים חומרים מיוחדים שתפקידם לפרק את הרקמות של הגוף. לא בונים מצבה על הקבר, אבל הוא מסומן ושמור. לאחר שנה פותחים את האדמה, ומלקטים את עצמות הנפטר ביחד עם האדמה שעליה שכב לתוך ארון קטן… את הארון הזה מציבים בתוך מבנה או מערת קבורה שנבנתה במיוחד לכך”.
הם הוסיפו כי “אם המשפחה מבקשת – שומרים מקום ליד הקבר המשני לבני משפחה נוספים. על הגלוסקמא (אותו ארון, ק”נ) כתוב מה שהיו כותבים על כל מצבה רגילה עבור הנפטר. ביום השנה המשפחה עולה לקבר החדש, שם היא אומרת קדיש ותפילה לעילוי נשמת הנפטר”.
יוזמי המהלך הסבירו בפרסומיהם כי במציאות שבה חיים בישראל שבעה מיליון יהודים, ולנוכח הציפייה מהמדינה למצוא פתרונות קבורה לכולם, אנו עלולים למצוא את עצמנו חיים בעתיד ב”בית עלמין אחד גדול”. חישוב שערכו, העלה כי יש צורך בכ-150 דונם מדי שנה עבור חלקות חדשות. אמנם יש ניסיון לחסוך בהן במעבר לקבורה רוויה בשיטות שונות, אך לדבריהם פתרונות אלה עדיין יקרים מאוד, ותופסים קרקעות שהיו יכולות לשמש לייעוד אחר, ולכן מוטב לחזור לקבורה שהייתה נהוגה בארץ ישראל בזמן המשנה והתלמוד.
מאתר ויינט, כאן.

Corona Tyranny: Enquiring Minds Wish To Know IN ADVANCE

Questions, Questions, Questions.

***Immunites are those with natural immunity having recovered from Covid-10
****Mandater are those citizens that wholly support government power to force compliance.

As Biden and the Davos crowd accelerate towards a caste system where the non-compliers are legally and constitutionally discriminated against (just as the Blacks, Native Americans and Japanese once were), it is time to ask the pro-government mandaters a few questions.

Dear Mandaters,

As you embark on your effort to support and endorse government policy to discriminate against your fellow humans, have you considered the extent of pain you are okay with as you support government Covid-19 policy? After all, it will be YOU who will empower the “government” to bring the pain – so any moral framework would at least ask you to consider the ramifications of the volitional decisions you are making. Can you at least be that charitable to us, the discriminated class? So we can get our affairs in order?

As you consider the actions you are going to take to remove natural rights from your fellow man, consider these nine questions so you are fully aware of your historic place when all of this is recorded one day in the future.

  1. If we the unvaxxed or natural immunites don’t comply, do you believe we should be denied normal medical care? Dental care? Urgent Care? Hospital care? Access to life-saving medications? Yes or No?
  2. For Social Security recipients and Medicare recipients who don’t comply with mandates, should we the unvaxxed or natural immunites lose our Social Security as a way to “compel” us to comply? You know, “either get the vaccine or no more social security?” Yes or No?
  3. How about operating our own businesses? Since we the unvaxxed or natural immunites are now less than human, and you are in the majority, will it be allowable to earn an income? Do you think we should even be allowed to earn income? Yes or No?
  4. Do you think we the unvaxxed or natural immunites should be allowed to own property if we won’t comply and get the vaccine? Should you have run out of carrots, will that be a big stick to get the unvaxxed to comply you will use? Yes or No?
  5. We the unvaxxed or natural immunites understand that free-speech is no longer allowed, but will we ever be allowed to speak against any “government” policy? Or, because we won’t comply with the Covid vaccination edicts, we can’t speak against any edicts? Yes or No?
  6. Will you eventually just support removing us from society? If you support this, please have the courtesy to let us know so we can try and get our affairs in order. Knocking on the door by the “blue” at 5 a.m. really is kinda immoral. But, we the unvaxxed or natural immunites understand in the police state you want, most likely, you will want to quell your fears and thus, that might be the only way you can think to handle us. Kick our doors in and take us away. Will you support kicking our doors in? Yes or No?
  7. We the unvaxxed or natural immunites also understand that grocery stores, movies, restaurants, travel, vacations, malls etc will soon be off limits for all of us. But will home delivery of food be allowed? Will we be able to stop at roadside stands for fresh vegetables? Will we be allowed to dumpster dive if we can’t shop? Or is starvation in our future? Yes or No?
  8. If we the unvaxxed or natural immunites are allowed to keep our property, will we be allowed to use public utilities like water and electricity? If not, we need to start investigating wind power and well water if you intend to bring this big stick to our families for not complying with your fears. Will we be allowed to use your “public” utilities? Yes or No?
  9. We also understand that our children and grandkids won’t be allowed into school, but, if we the unvaxxed or natural immunites who have children and grandchildren don’t comply with vaccine mandates, do you intend to take our children away from us unless we get “jabbed.” Yes or No?

Now, it will be easy to dismiss these questions as hyperbole, but they are not. Are you watching Australia, NYC and following the rhetoric of our government overlords – all all levels? Folks, you think this is crazy, but imagine every Jew who learned ahead of time of Hitler’s “quest” for a “Final Solution.” Imagine every Ukraine learning ahead of time of Stalin’s coming genocide. Imagine every Chinese father and mother learning ahead of time of Mao’s Great Leap Forward.Every one of these groups would be asking these same questions of their fellow citizens who supported their “government” taking these actions.

We the unvaxxed or natural immunites have taken seriously the admonition to not forget the past, even though it appears we’re about to repeat it – on a global scale. So, in an attempt to plead with the majority who are empowering government vaccine policy, we are merely humbly asking the empowered “vaccinated” community how bad they want to hurt those of us who don’t agree with them.

Will you at least be kind enough to let us know the extent of the pain you want to bring to us?

Please.

Respectfully hoping,

The unvaxxed or natural immunites

From LRC, here.