Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the United Nations, recently said that Pakistan continued to harbor terrorists that kill American soldiers, and Washington should not give Islamabad even one dollar until it addresses the issue. She also said that foreign aid as leverage should not be given blindly and then expect goodwill, adding, “You have to ask for goodwill and then give it when you see good things happen.”
Last January, US President Donald Trump said, “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than $33 billion in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!”
And indeed, in September the US canceled $300 million in military aid to Pakistan for not doing enough against terror groups active on its soil.
Meanwhile, in a recent interview to foreign media, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan stated that Pakistan had suffered from fighting America’s war.
He denied there were terror sanctuaries in Pakistan but 2.7 million Afghan refugees. “If there are a few hundred, maybe 2,000 to 3,000 Taliban who move into Pakistan, they could easily move into these Afghan refugee camps.”
He said Pakistan would try to pressure the Taliban for reconciliation; al-Qaeda was in Afghanistan with no Pakistani involved, yet Pakistan participated in the US “war on terror” with 80,000 killed and a $150 billion economic loss. Pakistan doesn’t want the US to leave Afghanistan in a hurry like in 1989, but wants a proper relationship with the US, like the Pakistan-China trade relationship.
Yet Pakistan’s double game has been pointed out by successive US administrations over the past several years, as also by US and NATO military commanders. Haqqanis, who are part of al-Qaeda, have been running mafia-like networks in Islamabad and elsewhere in Pakistan for the past 30 years, and also visit military establishments.
Imran Khan’s assertions are a pack of lies, which comes as no surprise since he follows the army’ s line. It is well documented that when the US invaded Afghanistan, a weak army division of Pakistani regulars with some 9,000 Pakistani Taliban were permitted to be air-evacuated by the US from Kunduz and Khost in Afghanistan on the request of then Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf. Pakistan brought along hundreds of Afghan Taliban for training and used them as proxies.
Similarly, Afghan refugees in Pakistan numbered 1.4 million as of October, not 2.7 million as quoted by Khan.
Pakistan has been saying that it is trying to pressure the Taliban into reconciliation since formation of the Quadrilateral Coordination Group in 2015 but instead has been supporting and arming Taliban to expand its influence.
In the words of American author Robert Kaplan in his 2012 book The Revenge of Geography, “An Afghanistan that falls to Taliban sway threatens to create a succession of radicalized Islamic societies from the Indian-Pakistani border to Central Asia. This would be, in effect, a greater Pakistan, giving Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence the ability to create a clandestine empire composed of the likes of [Haqqanis] … and the Lashkar-e-Taiba.”
Imran Khan’s statement that “Pakistan doesn’t want the US to leave Afghanistan in a hurry” is indeed questionable, since both Pakistan and China want an early US exit and takeover by the Taliban.
Conflict with Afghanistan and India enables the military’s continued hold over Pakistan, including power and money. In fact, conspiracy theorists are of the opinion that the attack on Peshawar Army School that killed 141, including 132 children, was a false-flag mission, which if true highlights the extent of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) subterfuge against its own population.
Pakistan is aware that the US is dependent on moving logistics via Pakistan to sustain its troops in Afghanistan. The ISI has been using Taliban to attack US supply convoys. Yet the US keeps hoping Pakistan will help bring the Taliban to the negotiating table.
Trump’s recent letter to Imran Khan on the issue despite stopping aid to Pakistan is indicative of this. China, on the other hand, may not be giving more loans to Pakistan but will give every other support, investments included, to safeguard its strategic and economic interests in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Khan’s recent visit to and interactions with Saudi Arabia resulted in Pakistan lifting the ban on terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad.
As far as relations with India stand, Khan says Pakistan wants talks with India, but it has not stopped sponsoring terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. Ceasefire violations are continuing.
History is witness to the fact that the relationship between narcotics and terrorism runs deep and Punjab has been a victim of it. India didn’t give much thought to a visa-free corridor into Punjab in the heat of approaching general elections but the dangers of the corridor being exploited by the ISI is enormous.
The military calls the shots in Pakistan, not Imran Khan. His predecessor Nawaz Sharif wanted Pakistani perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks proceeded against, which earned him the military’s ire. But given the issues discussed above, why would Pakistan give up terrorism?
Very bias and one sided opinion. Pakistan is victim of terrorism and has sacrificed 75000 precious lives along with an economic lose of 250 billion USDollars.
World must acknowledge Pakistan’s positive role and condemn root cause of terrorism. US owned our CSF funds. US aid was negligible as compare to our loses.
Very bias and one sided opinion. Pakistan is victim of terrorism and has sacrificed 75000 precious lives along with an economic lose of 250 billion USDollars.
World must acknowledge Pakistan’s positive role and condemn root cause of terrorism. US owned our CSF funds. US aid was negligible as compare to our loses.
Afghans based inside Afghanistan have been killing American soldiers. Afghanistan won’t be able to see peace because it is harbouring anti Pakistan terrorists or in other words Afghanistan is sheltering "enemies of humanity – enemies of Pakistani school children" !
Afghans based inside Afghanistan have been killing American soldiers. Afghanistan won’t be able to see peace because it is harbouring anti Pakistan terrorists or in other words Afghanistan is sheltering "enemies of humanity – enemies of Pakistani school children" !
As for Kashmir, Indian rogue army will pay the price for supporting terrorists in east Pakistan. It asks forgiveness & stops being a belligerent neighbor then it won’t pay the price !
As for Kashmir, Indian rogue army will pay the price for supporting terrorists in east Pakistan. It asks forgiveness & stops being a belligerent neighbor then it won’t pay the price !
The writer is notorious for hatching propaganda against Pakistan. One astonishes that how is it possible that such a huge bulk of lies/ laments can come from the pen of a writer who is a retired general. But , it’s not a strange thing to happen when it comes to Indian generals. What they can do is only lamenting and spreading lies. They have nothing to do with professionalism—- the responsibility to defend their country. Nikki Haley is an Indian paid troll in U.S. Administration, so, her statement against Pakistan is worthless and totally unimportant. Trump is a type of person who is a self declared " very stable genius" and is well reputed for his controversial tweets all across the globe, from Europe to far East Asia, hence deserve our deep hearted sympathies for his incurable ailment . What is most funny is this moron is trying to link freedom struggle of Kashmir to terrorism, because being a general in Indian army he and the others like him have badly failed to crush the freedom struggle of kashmiris, who are laying huge sacrifices to get their internationally promised right of self determination (plebiscite).And no one else but this general’s boss, the Indian prime minister himself had promised to hold plebiscite in Kashmir. No one can stop kashmiris to get their basic right, sooner or later India will have to abide by the UN’s resolutions on Kashmir. The trolls like these cannot divert the attention of world community from fulfilling it’s obligations regarding the freedom of kashmiris through their blatant propaganda campaigns. People of Afghanistan have kicked out India from Afghanistan and they have clearly stated that they will not allow their soil to be used against Pakistan by India, So, the Indian lamenting is quite understandable, because Indian milignant plans against Pakistan are now destined to be burried deep in Afghanistan. Regarding Bombay attacks , I invite this moron to read the book entitled " The betrayal of India " by Elias Davidson of Germany. Then he will come to know who was behind those attacks, Pakistan or Indian intelligence agency RAW itself?
The writer is notorious for hatching propaganda against Pakistan. One astonishes that how is it possible that such a huge bulk of lies/ laments can come from the pen of a writer who is a retired general. But , it’s not a strange thing to happen when it comes to Indian generals. What they can do is only lamenting and spreading lies. They have nothing to do with professionalism—- the responsibility to defend their country. Nikki Haley is an Indian paid troll in U.S. Administration, so, her statement against Pakistan is worthless and totally unimportant. Trump is a type of person who is a self declared " very stable genius" and is well reputed for his controversial tweets all across the globe, from Europe to far East Asia, hence deserve our deep hearted sympathies for his incurable ailment . What is most funny is this moron is trying to link freedom struggle of Kashmir to terrorism, because being a general in Indian army he and the others like him have badly failed to crush the freedom struggle of kashmiris, who are laying huge sacrifices to get their internationally promised right of self determination (plebiscite).And no one else but this general’s boss, the Indian prime minister himself had promised to hold plebiscite in Kashmir. No one can stop kashmiris to get their basic right, sooner or later India will have to abide by the UN’s resolutions on Kashmir. The trolls like these cannot divert the attention of world community from fulfilling it’s obligations regarding the freedom of kashmiris through their blatant propaganda campaigns. People of Afghanistan have kicked out India from Afghanistan and they have clearly stated that they will not allow their soil to be used against Pakistan by India, So, the Indian lamenting is quite understandable, because Indian milignant plans against Pakistan are now destined to be burried deep in Afghanistan. Regarding Bombay attacks , I invite this moron to read the book entitled " The betrayal of India " by Elias Davidson of Germany. Then he will come to know who was behind those attacks, Pakistan or Indian intelligence agency RAW itself?
Dear Editor,
As a regular reader of A.times, I am very disappointed that you have let this article to be published Online. Above Article is factually inaccurate, biased, anti-Pakistani and well below the standard expected here.
Please remove this article ASAP and apologies to all readers for your editorial mistake.
Dear Editor,
As a regular reader of A.times, I am very disappointed that you have let this article to be published Online. Above Article is factually inaccurate, biased, anti-Pakistani and well below the standard expected here.
Please remove this article ASAP and apologies to all readers for your editorial mistake.
Its terrorism to you. To other it is survival. For peace, India in all its wisdom should take the lead and find a way out.
Its terrorism to you. To other it is survival. For peace, India in all its wisdom should take the lead and find a way out.
Who started terrorism in South Asia? You created suicide bombers (LTTE) in Sri Lanka and Mukti Bahini in East Pakistan, but now shedding crodilecr tears. Your people are dying of starvation with 2/3 have no access to toilets and clean water yet buying billions of dollars of weapons every year. Why?
Remember, a tiny force of invaders used to come all the way from Afghanistan and trample the whole of India under their feet? We have a conviction which gives us strength to take on our enemy five times bigger and stronger. America with all its might could not defeat a few thousand Taliban which should be an eye opener for generals like you.
Who started terrorism in South Asia? You created suicide bombers (LTTE) in Sri Lanka and Mukti Bahini in East Pakistan, but now shedding crodilecr tears. Your people are dying of starvation with 2/3 have no access to toilets and clean water yet buying billions of dollars of weapons every year. Why?
Remember, a tiny force of invaders used to come all the way from Afghanistan and trample the whole of India under their feet? We have a conviction which gives us strength to take on our enemy five times bigger and stronger. America with all its might could not defeat a few thousand Taliban which should be an eye opener for generals like you.
Poor narrative of events. One sided view of complex problem
Poor narrative of events. One sided view of complex problem
As long as people are economically disadvantaged, they will look to terrorism as a mean to get some gainful employments or achieving economic successes in Paradise with the promised 72 wives, women and mistresses.who are virgins.
As long as people are economically disadvantaged, they will look to terrorism as a mean to get some gainful employments or achieving economic successes in Paradise with the promised 72 wives, women and mistresses.who are virgins.
Pakistani army has a country atatched to it. Pak army will never give peace a chance as that means it’s relevance is reduced and all the perks cease. People will prosper at the expense of army.
Pakistani army has a country atatched to it. Pak army will never give peace a chance as that means it’s relevance is reduced and all the perks cease. People will prosper at the expense of army.
Agreed
Agreed
As i have pointed on his previous article . This guy is a moron, like most soldiers of any country . Plus being Indian adds the additional hallucinations
As i have pointed on his previous article . This guy is a moron, like most soldiers of any country . Plus being Indian adds the additional hallucinations
I dont know what’s your problem with the virgins. You guys can’t get any, all blown away before reaching grad 10. Loser like you end up getting grad 3 or 4 multi used piece of crap.
I dont know what’s your problem with the virgins. You guys can’t get any, all blown away before reaching grad 10. Loser like you end up getting grad 3 or 4 multi used piece of crap.
By this definition 2/3 of Indian population should be indulged in some form of terrorism.
By this definition 2/3 of Indian population should be indulged in some form of terrorism.
LoLz. I Enjoyed reading the one sided article by the enemy officer. He forgot people are aware.
LoLz. I Enjoyed reading the one sided article by the enemy officer. He forgot people are aware.