tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post124662988459000781..comments2024-03-28T05:22:10.255-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: Kabul diaries: notes from my recent trip to AfghanistanBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-75297048749961255842011-01-12T21:10:42.077-08:002011-01-12T21:10:42.077-08:00Ajai Sir,
A very nice post. Travelogue weaved in ...Ajai Sir,<br /><br />A very nice post. Travelogue weaved in with your analytical bits. I recently read Soldier Sahibs by Charles Allen on the the British who 'tamed' NW Frontier of undivided India. So, it was refreshing to read this account of yours. Afganistan is enigmatic. Can we have some more posts on your experiences in Afganistan in 2001? Or will it come out as a book sometime in future?Rajarshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949837409466343426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-3075896602361856652011-01-10T06:53:56.284-08:002011-01-10T06:53:56.284-08:00Only a Confederacy with India can resolve all the ...Only a Confederacy with India can resolve all the eternal problems of Afghan.Mr. Ranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-57878203519423778902011-01-09T23:01:39.918-08:002011-01-09T23:01:39.918-08:00Which unbiased journo earns this much?Which unbiased journo earns this much?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-12507583666985807162011-01-09T22:15:23.503-08:002011-01-09T22:15:23.503-08:00Mr. Shukla,
You are one of very good writers.Mr. Shukla,<br />You are one of very good writers.Spirit of Exuberancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12533811143517193329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-81266321711739443712011-01-09T18:02:10.617-08:002011-01-09T18:02:10.617-08:00Ajai, I have been following your columns diligentl...Ajai, I have been following your columns diligently over the years from afar in North America. <br />Tell you what - someone needs to tell the story about Indian strategic interests in Afghanistan for the intelligentsia in the West to comprehend. Unless we act fast, we are likely to lose our grip on this region and that would be a huge blow to securing Indian interests in an extremely volatile part of the world. Ahmed Rashid has done his part to tell his story from the other side, and we need someone who's not only passed through as traveling journalist, but someone who's actually lived there and been through all that to tell the story, our story, through his eyes !Subhohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10004604247421013343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-57767361838304664842011-01-09T15:36:23.755-08:002011-01-09T15:36:23.755-08:00what an article, so vivid and so b-right, as versu...what an article, so vivid and so b-right, as versus the neo-colonial travelogues writen by scared whites who dont see much beyond their immediate environsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-63222788244337845572011-01-09T12:09:58.860-08:002011-01-09T12:09:58.860-08:00Nostalgic, contemporary, beautiful and useful. Can...Nostalgic, contemporary, beautiful and useful. Can be analysed easily for its obvious outcome.Mr. Ranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-21605574541194626222011-01-09T09:53:54.804-08:002011-01-09T09:53:54.804-08:00WOW!!! That is all I can say. Thanks.WOW!!! That is all I can say. Thanks.P Mukherjeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-35131546242737082012011-01-09T09:17:41.718-08:002011-01-09T09:17:41.718-08:00Absolutely fascinating. Travel tale worthy of the ...Absolutely fascinating. Travel tale worthy of the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-48621697856087644302011-01-09T02:25:00.839-08:002011-01-09T02:25:00.839-08:00Anonymous@01:59,
Agree very much like Le Carre. C...Anonymous@01:59,<br /><br />Agree very much like Le Carre. Col.Shukla, perhaps you can write a fictionalized novel with the legendary Mr. Kao of RAW as our own George Smiley :). <br /><br />Wishing all the readers of broadsword a Happy 2011!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-2483946596548978752011-01-09T01:49:16.240-08:002011-01-09T01:49:16.240-08:00Nice article and completely second Anonymous K'...Nice article and completely second Anonymous K's request @01:59 for a treatment of the Iranian part of the equation...Cane-anhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367967273174803244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-32248352850439928852011-01-09T00:00:57.519-08:002011-01-09T00:00:57.519-08:00sir,
i would love to read about your experiences ...sir,<br /><br />i would love to read about your experiences in more detail. i was wondering if you have any plan of publishing them in the form of a book. i am sure many of your readers will love this idea. i, for one, surely would.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-4272104979258366762011-01-08T23:32:07.987-08:002011-01-08T23:32:07.987-08:00Excellent! Look forward to visiting Afghanistan so...Excellent! Look forward to visiting Afghanistan someday (Inshallah)Vinznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-5911193444941757522011-01-08T23:18:07.106-08:002011-01-08T23:18:07.106-08:00Very elegantly written...
Hoping for more!Very elegantly written...<br />Hoping for more!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569671259856090143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-1804318871418814842011-01-08T22:04:55.134-08:002011-01-08T22:04:55.134-08:00Beautifully written!Beautifully written!Richinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-8340321599127513192011-01-08T20:42:03.082-08:002011-01-08T20:42:03.082-08:00since you have visited recently and possibly inter...since you have visited recently and possibly interacted with the locals (not only with the elites) <br />what is the chance , in your opinion of taliban winning?<br /><br />or more importantly how much support do the taliban garner among the pastuns?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-25720628780883492482011-01-08T19:54:20.862-08:002011-01-08T19:54:20.862-08:00Co. Shukla, thank you for a well written "dia...Co. Shukla, thank you for a well written "diary". It brings to mind my own sojourn in various parts of Afghanistan a few years back. Those pomegranates are so good, I still yearn for them. And I had the good luck of getting a very beautiful, if slightly used carpe,t as a gift. I wish that country could free itself from the Pakistani suicidal hug... Sigh.Heberiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-75324568086427570802011-01-08T19:16:01.305-08:002011-01-08T19:16:01.305-08:00Traders will make you feel that you got the best d...Traders will make you feel that you got the best deal... even in mmrca but only the traderer knows what he actually sold... He is laughing all the way home... we Indians always get duped by arab/ central asian raiders... How come Bagdhad Caliph became the richest man in his times... by fleecing India of its produce...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-56059508701795263552011-01-08T14:49:22.076-08:002011-01-08T14:49:22.076-08:00This is a wonderful example of travel tourism. You...This is a wonderful example of travel tourism. You really gave a feel for what it is like in Kabul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-48751375728487796382011-01-08T12:29:55.750-08:002011-01-08T12:29:55.750-08:00gotta tell you ... I really like your afghan piece...gotta tell you ... I really like your afghan pieces. I congratulate you on your eye and I must say, you seem to be the only journalist in India who seems to be following the journalistic tradition of being "there". Strangely your writing reminds me of le Carre ... <br /><br />In any case, Afghanistan is vital. It seems to be slowly slipping away, though i have no one but you to rely on for the news (bloody indian press).<br /><br />Leaving aside Pakistan, what do you think of establishing a sealink through iran? I would really appreciate an article explaining the iranian part of this equation.<br /><br />KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-29193103209929691962011-01-08T11:29:45.964-08:002011-01-08T11:29:45.964-08:00A fantastic glimpse of Afghanistan!!A fantastic glimpse of Afghanistan!!shyamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16693574771785808084noreply@blogger.com