ANT204H1 : Film and Tutorial Notes II
Document Summary
June 09, l06 - afghanistan: between hope and fear. Taliban able to regain support among the people from impoverished areas where the police and the army don"t even go. Poor people in the slums wish that they were under the old. Taliban regime because back then, the cost of living is much lower. The people can afford to buy food, pay rent, hold down jobs, etc. , and young people can easily find jobs. The afghans have no love for the foreigners, either, especially the victims of careless violence. The taliban work through common religious belief and wealth. They promise uneducated new recruits paradise if they do jihad , and they offer money to the poor for their support. The foreign military people acknowledge that the real enemy is the unemployment, the illiteracy, but they are doing nothing to amend that. Their careless violence does not endear them to the people they anger them.
