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Ganulv posted:

On the other hand the British had a notoriously uncooperative relationship with the Pashtun.

That is not my reading of history. The Pashtuns could respect the British, yes there was conflict and a lack of cooperation at times.

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Ganulv posted:

That is not my reading of history. The Pashtuns could respect the British, yes there was conflict and a lack of cooperation at times.

That’s fair. In the same sense, any blanket ahistorical statement that the British and the French are allies or that the French and the Germans are enemies glosses over a lot of history.