JUST CONTEMPLATING ON - THE STRUGGLE FOR THE SOUL AND FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN AND THE AFGHANS. PART 1.

'It is more than likely that all people, in the formulation and expression of their social, political, religious and economic thoughts, will be or have the potential to become 'imperialistic' and/or 'colonialistic. In that they will have extended their visions to include people who do not share them, but would be expected to do so, if those thoughts were to be realised.' So, the people, the diverse people of Afghanistan are literally fighting for the soul and future of their country. One might say that Afghanistan is still trying to achieve the status of 'nationhood.' That the country is not only made up of people of different and divergent tribes, nationalities, religions and cultures. But that its people also reflects different political ideologies and ideas about what the government of Afghanistan should look like. There is religious divide between Afghans who follow the Sunni denomination of Islam, and those who follow the Shia version. In ...