The Northern Alliance is much more inclusive then what Pakistan wants in the new government of Afghanistan. Of course there are human rights abuses on all sides of the Afghan conflict they have been at war for over twenty years. There are human rights abuses all over the region and they are not limited to Afghanistan. You could twist this fact to fit any scenario you want. The Northern Alliance may be bunch of thugs, but so are all the other parties involved in this conflict. The Northern Alliance are our thugs which is more then anyone can say for the Taliban. The Northern Alliance is more inclusive then the other principles involved and have stated their intentions are to create an inclusive form of Government for Afghanistan. To stand in the way of N.A. would promote another Theocracy and bigoted government that would continue the human rights abuses of the Taliban, that is what Pakistan promoted by supporting the Taliban in the first place and seems to be what they still want for Afghanistan. Pakistan wants to install a puppet government that will bow to their own wishes for the region.
Antiwar.com continues to ignore facts that discredit their own agenda, only a fool pays attention to them.
This report denies there are Pashtun influences already in the ranks of the Northern Alliance. However there are Pashtun infuences in the Northern Alliance. The ommission of this fact assumes we will believe anything as long as it is repeated often enough, typical liberal B.S. strategy.
I don't know if you are correct. Certainly in the king's entourage there are the Pashtun, but the NA/King alliance is pretty much DOA -- except in the fantasy world of most Congressmen and think tankers.