Can you find any connection to #AhmadShahAbdali in this short clip from the Columbia Pictures& #39; movie the Cat Ballou (1965)?

#Vilification

Well, here is one slide from the Defense Intelligence Agency work on History of Afghanistan. You see they& #39;ve superimposed the photo of a nose-less villain character Tim Strawn played by Lee Marvin onto the portrait of #AhmadShahAbdali.

Why would a history work do such a rubbish comparison of the most iconic heroes of the region with a villain? I don& #39;t get it. Unless the author is peddling the same colonial, British-Indian propaganda of demonization & vilification of Afghans and Pashtuns.

By the way, exactly an year ago we had a good Twitter debate if Ahmad Shah Abdali wore a bejeweled mask during the battle of Panipat in 1761 to cover his nose.

Here is the thread where all discussion took place.

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