Talk:Anti-Persian sentiments

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[edit] Alleged Anti-Persian sentiments in Afghanistan

I would have to contend that this section is grossly inflated to show some sort of official systematic bias in Afghanistan whereas in truth, I really do not believe that is the case. The propositions asserted does not follow from the premise offered. Simply put, the article wrongly notes that Anti-Persian sentiments is "mostly seen in Afghanistan." Yet, only one instance of alleged Anti-Persian sentiment is cited. Thus, the weighty conclusion is not supported by the premise offered. Furthermore, assuming the truth of the cited alleged "anti-Persian sentiments," it does not follow that this should be created since there is no indication that Khoram had any kind of purposeful animus toward Persian speakers, rather he could have simply been motivated by linguistic pride or administrative convenience. In any event, I think the assertions in this section are extremely weighty and hardly have any support. Moreover, the fact that Karzai often speaks in Persian while addressing the nation, and that there are scores of Tajik cabinent ministers and high-level Persian speaking policy makers in Afghanistan, belies the assertion that anti-Persian sentiments "is mostly seen in Afghanistan." Scythian1 (talk) 03:35, 29 May 2008 (UTC)