USA lost the Cold War

[rupol2000]

The CIA never trusted the Northern Alliance during this period because they were not Pashtun, but Tajiks, and therefore more aligned with the Soviets.
In fact, as Saudis and other Arabs, al Qaeda was the primary interest of the CIA.

I did not read further. This is just an illiterate nonsense. The USSR fought against the northern alliance. Directly
De facto on the side of the Pashtuns and de facto they did the same thing that the Taliban are doing now (politically and militarily).

 

[Rigby5]

I did not read further. This is just an illiterate nonsense. The USSR fought against the northern alliance.

Wrong.
The Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989.
The Northern Alliance did not exist until 1996.

{...
The Northern Alliance, officially known as the United Islamic National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (Dari: جبهه متحد اسلامی ملی برای نجات افغانستان‎ Jabha-yi Muttahid-i Islāmi-yi Millī barāyi Nijāt-i Afghānistān), was a military alliance of groups that operated between late 1996 to 2001[4] after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban) took over Kabul. The United Front was originally assembled by key leaders of the Islamic State of Afghanistan, particularly president Burhanuddin Rabbani and former Defense Minister Ahmad Shah Massoud.[5] Initially it included mostly Tajiks but by 2000, leaders of other ethnic groups had joined the Northern Alliance. This included Karim Khalili, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Abdullah Abdullah, Mohammad Mohaqiq, Abdul Qadir, Asif Mohseni, Amrullah Saleh and others.[6]

The Northern Alliance fought a defensive war against the Taliban regime.[4] They received support from India, Iran, Russia, Tajikistan, Israel, Turkmenistan, United States and Uzbekistan,[7] while the Taliban were extensively backed by the Pakistan Army and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence.[3] By 2001 the Northern Alliance controlled less than 10% of the country, cornered in the north-east and based in Badakhshan province. The US invaded Afghanistan, providing support to Northern Alliance troops on the ground in a two-month war against the Taliban, which they won in December 2001.[8] With the Taliban forced from control of the country, the Northern Alliance was dissolved as members and parties supported the new Afghan Interim Administration, with some members later becoming part of the Karzai administration.
...}

Many of the same people in the Northern Alliance were at one time part of the Mujahedeen, but they were not at all anti-Soviet, and just thought the Soviets were backing a bad faction in Afghanistan.
The Northern Alliance always was far more pro-Russian than the rest of Afghanistan.
Which is why we later dumped them as well, after the ground fighting was over and we did not need them any more.

 

[rupol2000]

Ahmad Shah Massoud, the famous commander of the Northern Alliance forces, a Tajik by nationality, nicknamed the Panjer Lion, with small forces destroyed a huge number of Soviet troops in Afghanistan, and they even respected him. His son is now leading the resistance to the Pashtuns in Panjer.

 

[rupol2000]

The Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989.

88.
This was due to a radical change in Soviet policy, they ceased to support the Pashtuns

 

[rupol2000]

The Northern Alliance did not exist until 1996.

It has always existed and still exists. This is a union of the peoples of the former Turkestan against the Pashtun occupation of Tajiks, Uzbeks, Hazaras and national minorities of northern Afghanistan. After the Soviet troops left, they achieved autonomy

 

[rupol2000]

he Northern Alliance always was far more pro-Russian than the rest of Afghanistan.

Yes, they loved Brezhnev and the KGB because they had killing them. Have you tried becoming a humorist?

 

[rupol2000]

By the way, Ahmad Shah Massoud was de facto the main enemy of Alqaida, and he was treacherously killed a day before September 11.

 

[rupol2000]

Thus, a blow to the United States and the Northern Alliance is one blow.

 

[Rigby5]

88.
This was due to a radical change in Soviet policy, they ceased to support the Pashtuns

I doubt the Soviets ever supported the Pashtun, but they did have more in common with the Tajik.
Al Qaeda did have more on common with the Pashtun than Tajik, but al Qaeda in Afghanistan never did anything against the US.

 

[rupol2000]

I doubt the Soviets ever supported the Pashtun,

In fact, they fought against the Tajik military leader Massoud and his militia, in the interests of the Pashtuns. It's just a fact, what is there to argue about
speculation is not needed

 

[Rigby5]

In fact, they fought against the Tajik military leader Massoud and his militia, in the interests of the Pashtuns. It's just a fact, what is there to argue about
speculation is not needed

The Pashtun are more to the south, and disliked the Soviets the most.
The Tajik are to the north, and are culturally closer to the Russians,

 

[rupol2000]

The Pashtun are more to the south, and disliked the Soviets the most.
The Tajik are to the north, and are culturally closer to the Russians,

This is some kind of unrealistic pulling of an owl on a globe.
Who was closer to whom culturally is a big question, as you know, Bolshevism is a predominantly Jewish movement, and during the Brezhnev era, there was a trend towards the revival of the old type of soviets, and the KGB is usually considered a pro-Jewish lobby. And the Pashtuns consider themselves to be Jews.
Tajiks never gravitated towards Bolshevism, they lived poorly in the USSR and now live poorly. At the time of the arrival of the Reds, they divided the Tajiks and moved some of them to Uzbekistan.

But this is all speculation and assumptions, I see no point in this when there are strict objective facts: the Soviets and the Taliban fought against the Northern Alliance.

Once again: Soviets and the Taliban fought against the Northern Alliance.

Is it not clear?

 

[Rigby5]

This is some kind of unrealistic pulling of an owl on a globe.
Who was closer to whom culturally is a big question, as you know, Bolshevism is a predominantly Jewish movement, and during the Brezhnev era, there was a trend towards the revival of the old type of soviets, and the KGB is usually considered a pro-Jewish lobby. And the Pashtuns consider themselves to be Jews.
Tajiks never gravitated towards Bolshevism, they lived poorly in the USSR and now live poorly. At the time of the arrival of the Reds, they divided the Tajiks and moved some of them to Uzbekistan.

But this is all speculation and assumptions, I see no point in this when there are strict objective facts: the Soviets and the Taliban fought against the Northern Alliance.

Once again: Soviets and the Taliban fought against the Northern Alliance.

Is it not clear?

Not really clear at all.
The Soviets and Taliban fought against the Northern Alliance at different times.
At one time the Norther Alliance was allies of the Taliban, allies of the Russians, and allies of the US.
But at some times, the Northern Alliance was against, the Taliban, the Soviets, and the US.

 

[rupol2000]

Not really clear at all

At one time the Norther Alliance was allies of the Taliban,

It's a lie. And I'm not interested in discussing your original hypotheses.