IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1769 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that in order to under-
mine the Taliban and their terrorist allies, the policy of the United 
States should support the recognition of Afghanistan’s ethnic diversity, 
promoting mutual respect between various communities and regions of 
the country and bringing democracy closer to the people of Afghanistan 
by supporting constitutional change that recognizes and enables a demo-
cratic, decentralized, federal structure to replace the present failed cen-
tralized system of government, providing a political structure that reflects 
the diversity of the country and that builds trust and goodwill among 
Afghanistan’s many communities. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2010 
Mr. ROHRABACHER (for himself and Mr. KING of Iowa) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
in order to undermine the Taliban and their terrorist 
allies, the policy of the United States should support 
the recognition of Afghanistan’s ethnic diversity, pro-
moting mutual respect between various communities and 
regions of the country and bringing democracy closer 
to the people of Afghanistan by supporting constitutional 
change that recognizes and enables a democratic, decen-
tralized, federal structure to replace the present failed 
centralized system of government, providing a political 
structure that reflects the diversity of the country and 
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that builds trust and goodwill among Afghanistan’s many 
communities. 
Whereas Afghanistan is a diverse country of minorities, in-
cluding Pashtuns, Tajiks, Uzbeks, Hazaras, Turkmens, 
Aimaq, Baluch, and Nuristani; 
Whereas decades of civil war and more than a century of re-
pression and discrimination in Afghanistan has resulted 
in distrust, fear, and extremism; 
Whereas supporting highly centralized political structures in 
Afghanistan has led to widespread abuse, discrimination, 
corruption, and lack of local participation and support; 
Whereas the Taliban, aligned with al Qaeda, during their 
reign of terror in Afghanistan intensified policies of eth-
nic retribution and discrimination particularly against the 
peoples of northern Afghanistan; 
Whereas the Taliban and their al Qaeda allies viewed ethnic 
diversity and political pluralism as the greatest threat to 
their political domination and extremist beliefs; 
Whereas the Taliban and their al Qaeda allies used highly 
centralized governmental structures in Kabul to collec-
tively punish Afghanistan’s diverse ethnic communities, 
enforcing policies of ethnic discrimination and retribu-
tion; 
Whereas the Taliban and their al Qaeda allies, after having 
brutally repressed Afghanistan’s diverse cultures and peo-
ples, particularly the non-Pashtun peoples, launched a 
global terrorist war aimed particularly at the United 
States, leading to the attacks on September 11, 2001; 
Whereas the Taliban and their al Qaeda allies were defeated 
by an alliance of the northern peoples of Afghanistan, 
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leading to massive corruption, abuse of power, ethnic dis-
crimination, and the disconnection and alienation of the 
people of Afghanistan from their government; and 
Whereas nine years of efforts to build a national police force 
and national military to protect Afghanistan have fallen 
victim to a failed centralized political system and the 
widespread corruption and cronyism it engenders, result-
ing in involvement of ever more United States and North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ground forces and 
financial resources, from no more than 5,000 troops eight 
years ago to 150,000 troops today: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) the United States Government should— 
(A) engage in broadening the regional dia-
logue on Afghanistan to include countries that 
have been supportive of the United States effort 
to defeat the Taliban such as India, Russia, 
Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan; 
(B) support and encourage a democratic 
decentralized federal political system in Afghan-
istan that shifts more power to regions, prov-
inces, and districts, recognizes Afghanistan’s 
ethnic regional and cultural diversity and pro-
motes mutual respect, trust, and goodwill be-
tween the various ethnic communities and re-
gions of the country; 
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(C) support urgent constitutional reform 
that will enable local, district, and provincial 
election of mayors, police chiefs, and governors 
which would bring democracy closer to the peo-
ple of Afghanistan and encourage trust between 
Afghanistan’s different ethnic groups; 
(D) support the establishment of trained 
and properly regulated regional militias as well 
as a national army to fight the Taliban insur-
gency, particularly utilizing the natural allies of 
the United States who helped defeat the 
Taliban in 2001 in order to enable the reduc-
tion of the number of United States troops; 
(E) undermine the extremism of the 
Taliban and their al Qaeda allies and their in-
surgency by drawing the people of Afghanistan 
back into the fight by supporting a government 
that truly represents them; and 
(F) actively oppose the inclusion of the 
Taliban in the Government of Afghanistan; and 
(2) the United States should abandon its sup-
port for the present failed centralized system of gov-
ernment that has led to enormous corruption, the 
abuse of power, the growing drug trade, ethnic 
domination which has enabled extremism, and a 
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growing insurgency to take root again and require 
enormous, decades more commitment in troops and 
treasure. 
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