So as usual the Taliban can't make a statement without adding a threat. This time its against Australia not to be to pro-Western and not to aid American incursions.
These warnings, however, are marginal to the central vision offered in the article - the emergence of a vibrant pan-Asian identity in which Islam, and the Taliban in particular, constitutes a powerful moral and cultural force but not an exclusive one. Its emphasis on pan-Asian political identity rather than pan-Islamic sets it apart from al-Qaeda ideology.
By ceding premier position to China this Al-Sumud article is such a game changer that one has to ask one has to ask if Pakistani Intelligence changed the Afghan Taliban's mind, is it a plant by Pak Intel, or are the Afghan Taliban thinking of the future?
