Tamim Ansary’s Games without Rules-the rise of the Taliban insurgency.
What historical and cultural factors presented in Tamim Ansary’s Games without rules help explain the rise of the Taliban insurgency following the American invasion of Afghanistan and its persistence to the present day?
Tamim Ansary’s Games without Rules-the rise of the Taliban insurgency
What historical and cultural factors presented in Tamim Ansary’s Games without rules help explain the rise of the Taliban insurgency following the American invasion of Afghanistan and its persistence to the present day?
How do these factors present challenges to both counter insurgency and counter terrorism efforts on the part of the US?
What specific policies would you propose to overcome these challenges?
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In Games without Rules, Tamim suggests that a telling clue to Afghanistan’s identity can be found in its national pastime. This game involved men on horseback competing to snatch a goat carcass off the ground and carry it to a designated goalpost.
Tamim Ansary traces the history of Afghanistan. The power conflicts that have interrupted its ongoing struggle to combine a democracy with Islamist fanaticism. Also, meld the modern world with the tribal village republics that populate the countryside.
Long one of the most disputed territories in the world, Afghanistan holds a strategic geographical position that has placed it in the way of empires for centuries. However, over the past two centuries each time a major world power has attempted to intercede in Afghan affairs they have failed. Ansary (Destiny Disrupted), an Afghan-born US citizen. He offers an illuminating history of the country, providing not only a chronology but a deep cultural analysis.
Ansary has a gift for using informal language to illustrate his points. He doesn’t compromise the legitimacy of his narrative. His ability to contextualize the history and situate it in culture (sometimes for decades) is refreshing. Ansary has produced an invaluable resource to those curious about this tumultuous region. Agent: Carol Mann, Carol Mann Agency.
Tamim Ansary’s Games without Rules-the rise of the Taliban insurgency
