Intervention Fail: ISIS Makes Bloody Gains in Post ‘Liberation’ Afghanistan
Shortly after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 1996 (their rise to power itself a result of the 1979 Soviet intervention in Afghanistan), we began to hear endless stories of the horrors of this student movement turned governing power. They ruled by Sharia law, they treated women badly, they even blew up ancient statues! … Continue reading “Intervention Fail: ISIS Makes Bloody Gains in Post ‘Liberation’ Afghanistan”