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(Overblown imperial anxiety about such faqirs or akhonds, Pashtun religious leaders, inspired Victorian satirists such as Edward Lear, who began one poem, "Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akond of Swat?")
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Who, or why, or which, or _what_, Is the Akond of SWAT?
Laughable Lyrics Edward Lear 1850
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Who, or why, or which, or _what_, Is the Akond of SWAT?
Nonsense Books Edward Lear 1850
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"Taliban strategy is [to] let the enemies forces enter into … Marjah and Nad Ali, but once they get in they would be attack by IEDs, ambush, and gunfire and that would harm NATO and U.S. forces," said Akond.
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British colonists that he became the subject of a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, immortalized in the line, "Who, or why, or which, or what, is the Akond of Swat?"
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British colonists that he became the subject of a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, immortalized in the line, "Who, or why, or which, or what, is the Akond of Swat?"
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