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Afghanistan is controlled through the system of checkpoints - areas of responsibilities divided amongst ISAF. Checkpoints are there TO CHECK the locals going between the areas.

Q: What does that mean?
A: ISAF believes that militants are amongst the locals.

Q: Why militants are amongst the locals?
A: Because Afghanistan people are fighting occupation.

Q: How come afghans are fighting against ISAF while ISAF claims that they fight Taliban-AND/OR-Alqaeda?
A: Because afghans are not Taliban-AND/OR-Alqaeda.

Q: ?!
A: AlQaeda is a product of USA and Saudis. AlQaeda bears same ideology as Saudis, and the Saudi Kingdom was created with help of USA. Taliban is not AlQaeda, in fact they even fight each other.

Q: But, ISAF controls Afghanistan, no?
A: No. If war in Afghanistan was won, locals could have already created stable government and would have fought militants and insurgency by themselves. If the war was really won, militants would've sit on top of mountains without food and under constant battle with afghanis.

Q: No way! This isn't right since CNN/MSNBC/BBC/etc. show that Taliban is still active!
A: Yes of course, you should always believe CNN/BBC/whatever you name it. ISAF or NATO/US forces there are not to "bring democracy and freedom" as they claim it, but to create a large unstable area, namely controllable conflict.

Q: What a hell is this?!
A: ISAF forces are not interested in "calming down" afghans. If NATO/US forces were truly to "pacify" Afghanistan they would've used more peaciful approach. Be more frendlier to locals, not bomb weddings, sharp-shoot local festivities, shoot women and children "just-in-case". Build civilian infrastructure - hospitals, schools, shops - not checkpoints and military bases.

Instead, they are claiming that "Taliban" is using drug production to raise funds and buy weapons from Pakistanis, while major opium rich production areas, the north, is under direct control of US/NATO forces. And, the most funny thing - NATO/US are not to stop drug production - because afghans should do that by themselves. If the opium plantation gets damaged by ISAF forces.. they pay afghans compensations.

Q: But it was Taliban that produces drugs to buy weapons and fight ISAF?! Everybody says that!
A: Yes, of course. In 2001 Taliban has destroyed almost 90% of opium fields, and now, after nearly a decade of occupation drug traffic from Afghanistan has increased ten-fold. Of course you are right, Taliban militants and AlQaeda sitting in caves has time to tend their opium fields, collect and process them in time and sell them outside. Yes. Taliban and AlQaeda are so strong!

Q: It is impossible, I still insist that it is Taliban that produces opium! Am I right?!
A: You are! In fact, while referring to Taliban and AlQaeda everybody forgets to mention North-Alliance, that is another afghan force, which is mostly involved in opium production - and North-Alliance is an ally of ISAF. All what Taliban has is a bad publicity... and AlQaeda has too good one.
The ones who suffer are local afghans.

Q: Afghans are happy, they have their freedom at last?!
A: Right. With checkpoints, bomb-shells, land mines and trigger-happy ISAF soldiers - what a freedom!

Q: But if an ISAF soldier has commited a crime he or she is judged in tribunal?!
A: Nope. Not long ago german soldier has shot a women and two children - judges has decided that soldier was mistaken, since an attack was awaited. Shooting a woman with two children - how many eyes you have to have to correctly identify an enemy?! Now, no ISAF soldier can be imprisoned for murdering afghans - because it is a warzone and soldiers can shoot anyone.

Q: But, if judges decided so, they must be wise and correct people?!
A: Yep. If I was to occupy US-or-Germany and one of my soldiers shoots Britney-or-Merkel with their children I will seriously tell the world that the soldier was just MISTAKEN since he or she awaited a major attack and goddamit it is a warzone, women with children should not be allowed on the streets, specially near checkpoints.

Q: But checkpoints - arent afghans allowed to go where they please in their own country?
A: You guess. Is it a fight for freedom of afghans or is it an occupation?!