Daily Sabah: The Taliban are implementing public policies contrary to Islamic Sharia law, forcing Pashtun identity in a diverse society by eliminating non-Pashtun texts and disposing non-Pashtun identity from daily life. Such provocations by the Taliban brought controversy to the existence of a cohesive spontaneous national identity, which is crucial for the survival of a state and defining its people. Adding to the three decades of hostile interaction between the Taliban and the non-Pashtun inhabitants, the prospect of another civil war in Afghanistan is at its peak. Click here to read more (external link).