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Originally Posted by Cactus
1. The Ghost of Ahmed Shah Abdali (Durrani).
2. How much of the "endless tribal, ethnic and sectarian turmoil and bloodshed" was sustained by Uzbegs, Tajiks, Iranians and Pakistanis to achieve that very end? Why should they now be rewarded in their defeat with the very thing they coveted?
The whole argument sounds suspiciously like marrying off the rape-victim to the rapists when the rapists are too strong to be brought to heel, Mullah Omar's Pacification of Afghanistan-style. Sure it works for today, but it only breeds more trouble for tomorrow in case you have not noticed.
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I have already stated that I do not support redrawing borders - the question was an academic one, and legitimate, since "breeding trouble for tomorrow" hasn't deterred Western analysts from contemplating the breakup of far more stable states in region. This isn't my baby.