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These are reasons that we think an "Afghan Empire" is necessary and is possible.
1. Afghanistan is culturally a homogenous country. In anthropology, Afghans are regarded as an Iranian people. (Note: This has nothing to do with Citizens of Iran, the neighboring country, we are talking about anthropology). The majority speak some branch of an Iranian language. Tajiks, Pashtuns and Nuristanis are the major Iranian groups. Hazaras are non-Iranian but speak dari, an Iranian language. Uzbeks are turks, but their language and culture have been deeply influenced by the Iranian culture and language. Even Uzbek grammar has been affected by Iranian language grammar rules.
2. An "Afghan Empire" is supported by the all regional powers and the Great powers outside the region. India, China and Russia and US will support an "Afghan Empire".
3. Even Iran will reluctantly support an "Afghan Empire". The reason is cultural and historical. Iran under Azeri rule has no problem in confrontation with "The Republic of Azerbaijan" despite that these ruling groups are ethnically related. Iran supports Armenia a Christian country against "The Republic of Azerbaijan" who is ethnically Azeris and related to Azeris in Iran. But Iran does not want any confrontation with Afghanistan because Afghanistan claims to the Persian heritage and history is much stronger than Iran's claims to Persian history.
3. Afghanistan can claim a historical and cultural leadership over Central Asia and it will accepted by those countries in Central Asia with no questions asked.
4. An alliance of Persians and Afghans would make it possible for Presians to remove Azeri-Turks from power and extend Afghan power into Iran. This can be done in several stages where Khorasan economy can be integrated into Afghan economy. This requires major investments by Americans in Afghanistan. That is the gradual way. The fast way would be a few declarations by Afghanistan governmetn about the Persian heritage of Afghanistan. That would create political chaos in Iran and would lead to the fall of Azeri Turk regime in Tehran. Either way Azeri Turks will lose power in Iran.
5. Afghanistan culture and traditions makes it possible to oppose any attempts to impose "Multi-Culturalism" whereby foreign forces import large number of people from some poor country into another country in order to destroy the ethnic identity of that country and enable foreign control of the country. That is no invasion of Pakistanis or Azeri Turks allowed into Afghanistan.
6. The center of this empire should be moved to Herat from Kabul as it has been in the past history. This would reorient Afghanistan from Pakistan to Khorasan and Central Asia.
7. What connects Afghanistan with Central Asia and Iran is Afghanistan has a central Asian culture which they share with Central Asia. Half of Iran has Central Asian culture. The other major culture in Iran is the Azeri Turk culture which connects it to Caucasus. There is a big difference between these two cultural areas.
The Rise of Afghan Empire
1. Afghanistan is culturally a homogenous country. In anthropology, Afghans are regarded as an Iranian people. (Note: This has nothing to do with Citizens of Iran, the neighboring country, we are talking about anthropology). The majority speak some branch of an Iranian language. Tajiks, Pashtuns and Nuristanis are the major Iranian groups. Hazaras are non-Iranian but speak dari, an Iranian language. Uzbeks are turks, but their language and culture have been deeply influenced by the Iranian culture and language. Even Uzbek grammar has been affected by Iranian language grammar rules.
2. An "Afghan Empire" is supported by the all regional powers and the Great powers outside the region. India, China and Russia and US will support an "Afghan Empire".
3. Even Iran will reluctantly support an "Afghan Empire". The reason is cultural and historical. Iran under Azeri rule has no problem in confrontation with "The Republic of Azerbaijan" despite that these ruling groups are ethnically related. Iran supports Armenia a Christian country against "The Republic of Azerbaijan" who is ethnically Azeris and related to Azeris in Iran. But Iran does not want any confrontation with Afghanistan because Afghanistan claims to the Persian heritage and history is much stronger than Iran's claims to Persian history.
3. Afghanistan can claim a historical and cultural leadership over Central Asia and it will accepted by those countries in Central Asia with no questions asked.
4. An alliance of Persians and Afghans would make it possible for Presians to remove Azeri-Turks from power and extend Afghan power into Iran. This can be done in several stages where Khorasan economy can be integrated into Afghan economy. This requires major investments by Americans in Afghanistan. That is the gradual way. The fast way would be a few declarations by Afghanistan governmetn about the Persian heritage of Afghanistan. That would create political chaos in Iran and would lead to the fall of Azeri Turk regime in Tehran. Either way Azeri Turks will lose power in Iran.
5. Afghanistan culture and traditions makes it possible to oppose any attempts to impose "Multi-Culturalism" whereby foreign forces import large number of people from some poor country into another country in order to destroy the ethnic identity of that country and enable foreign control of the country. That is no invasion of Pakistanis or Azeri Turks allowed into Afghanistan.
6. The center of this empire should be moved to Herat from Kabul as it has been in the past history. This would reorient Afghanistan from Pakistan to Khorasan and Central Asia.
7. What connects Afghanistan with Central Asia and Iran is Afghanistan has a central Asian culture which they share with Central Asia. Half of Iran has Central Asian culture. The other major culture in Iran is the Azeri Turk culture which connects it to Caucasus. There is a big difference between these two cultural areas.
The Rise of Afghan Empire
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