Red Star Over China (6) The Taliban and the Eastern Turkistan
Xinjiang city of Kashgar in western China's most
The years 1997-2000, a period of impressive
At that time we were the first time I heard the "East Turkistan", but Afghanistan's "Taliban" is already known, and 90's China Central Television "news network" often broadcast on Afghanistan, "Taliban" news, calling it governmental organizations, the armed opposition of students, due to Albania's former regime and China together, and feel my country "Taliban" in the score one victory on the battlefield is still welcomed attitude. But by 1997, we already know that "Taliban" is not a good thing, has been supporting the national separatist activities in Xinjiang.
In fact, not only in China, the United States have all along been secretly funding and arms support to the "Taliban", and to deal with the former pro-Soviet regime in Afghanistan, but he did not expect is that the "Taliban" after the seizure of power, not just support the Xinjiang The separatist activities as well as targeting the United States, so only the 911 Incident. The reason is simple, "Taliban" are religious extremists, that all the infidels are evil, and its ultimate goal is to eliminate pagan world, let Allah to rule the world, the United States is the largest infidel countries, bear the brunt of should be hit! (some similar to the year's slogan: "the liberation of all mankind!" "vow to the revolution red flag inserted all over the world!" metaphor is not appropriate, invite you to multi-indulgence).
The Taliban in Afghanistan during the armed uprising, Xinjiang Uygur, many young people joined the Taliban forces (some information on that peak, thousands of people), these people had received training in Taliban forces withstood the baptism of the war in Afghanistan, with the higher military skills and combat capabilities, especially with the ability to manufacture terrorist incidents (such as the production of bombs and other weapons to create explosions, assassinations and other events), it is very dangerous terrorists.
Taliban control of the situation in Afghanistan, most of the country after the service of this group of Taliban militants on the batches of Uighur militants sneaked into the territory of Xinjiang in China, and within the ethnic separatists and religious extremists collusion (in the "East Turkistan "elements as the representative), creating a series of terrorist incidents. 911 incidents, most of these armed elements also sneaked into Afghanistan to "defend" the Afghan Taliban regime, because the interest of the Chinese in the United States against Afghanistan's Taliban militants and al-Qaeda, the United States to give full support to Afghanistan Taliban by the U.S. and other Western countries, a heavy blow to the militants from Xinjiang go also "no one to back"! This is after the words.
"Eastern Turkistan" elements, is the East Turkistan separatists, in 1997, the country is still in its fight against a secret stage, the official there is no formal reports, little is known about the country people, including the people of Xinjiang. Until 2002 Shanghai APEC meeting, Foreign Ministry spokesman formally released to the outside world about China's official "Eastern Turkistan" elements in the definition: There is a group of ethnic separatists want a means of violence and terrorism in Xinjiang's secession from China to establish a so-called The "East Turkestan", which we call "East Turkistan" terrorists.
Turk is the history of a nomadic area in Central Asia was established Eastern and Western Turkic Khanate. East Turkestan is the Hui people (the direct ancestor of the Uighur) of eliminate, by the Tang Dynasty of the Western Turkic Khaganate eliminate, the Turks have since developed into a modern nation has lost a historic opportunity. Western Turkic Khaganate the two tribes moved westward to settle in the peninsula of Asia Minor, and their descendants established a glorious moment of the Islamic Ottoman Empire. After World War I, Kemal Ataturk in the empire built on the ruins of the Republic of Turkey.
Associated with this concept is a Turkestan names, in the Syr Darya into the Aral Sea side of Central Asia was originally refers to the birthplace of the ancient Turks. The 19th century, European geographers began to use this term, and to belong to scope - Central Asia, Russia has become part of the Western Turkic Khaganate Stan, while Xinjiang, China (mainly in southern Xinjiang) is referred to as East Turkistan.
30 In the early 19th century, Xinjiang chaotic political situation, East Turkestan movement took the opportunity to set up in Kashi "East Turkistan Islamic Republic." This regime there exists only three months, the Kuomintang generals of Henan Sheng quickly quelled the rebellion and safeguarding the motherland's reunification. However, this incident became the beginning of the East Turkestan independence movement in Xinjiang ethnic separatists have been inherited.
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Author: hcw1969
