Unlike Syria and Iraq (which are both doomed), Afghanistan has a future under the Taliban as they want an Islamic emirate, the present Afghanistan is divided between too many nationalities, and if it continues in the present manner then it will be balkanised between Tajik nationalist, Hazara nationalists, and others, but the beauty of religion is that it kills the spirit of nationalism which is why I want them in power.
The truth about the Taliban is far from what you've mentioned... I can nit-pick stories from Iran as well. The fact of the matter is and I am sure you are aware of this as well is that majority of Iranians don't want the present regime within Iran, this is from my personal conversations that I've had with many Iranians. Iranians are not religious like Afghans and Pakistanis, I know many Iranians want a democracy like Canada & US and their lifestyles are more similar to western nations then it is to ours, the present regime is not liked by many.
Our primary goal right now is driving USA out, and everything else will fall into place, education, industry, economy... The last thing we want is to be a client state, and that is the last thing we will be.
Nationalism can indeed become a curse, when it pits brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor. All sorts of divisive rhetoric among Muslims can become toxic. In Iraq, sectarianism separated 1 million mixed Sunni-Shia marriages in Baghdad. That is the unfortunate result and human suffering caused by such propaganda.
Pakistan saw much of it in the 90s, there were provincial ethnic chauvinist parties in every province, no project got completed on a national scale, and outsiders like US, India, etc. found ample recruits for their terrorism (we still haven't found all the traitors from those years.)
Then the catastrophe of Indian terror struck Pakistan, we lost 75,000 (most brutal of all our children of APS Peshawar...) Every Pakistani cried for what happened. Every family had casualties.
Pakistan vowed never to let it happen again. We rejected the racial politics and re-united our country. We beat back the old leeches of our society and elected Imran Khan. He came with a promise of Naya Pakistan based on Insaf, Adl, and Insaniyat. His main slogan was, "Insan sirf koshish kar sakta he, baqi Allah karey ga." Then Pakistan became one based on an Islamic nationalism, many people said he is like Quaid e Azam, and since then, people all over the world praised him.
Same I can say for Afghanistan. Afghans love Islam, they yearn for it. Somehow they have been denied it (just like Pakostanis have been.) Look around at any controversy in the West for burning Quran or Prophet cartoons, people of Afghanistan and Pakistan come to the streets to protest without any organized effort. We always show our love for Islam, and never ever compromise our deen. It is the khoobi of our people.
I saw the same love of Islam in Afghan refugee friends in Pakistan, they studied vigorously in fiqh and Islamic history, seerah, and genuinely wanted to find a solution for their people back home suffering. They did not feel any different to any Pakistani, and carried themselves as such. I was amazed at the humility and greatness of character of these people. Ma sha Allah, I continue to pray for and wish the best for Afghans. They are unique and great among all people of the world.
They have suffered so, so much, they deserve peace more than anyone.
Be on my knees, lol okay. We will be asking for those Afghans back in the next 20 years, thank you for keeping them for us in our times of trouble, we will be sure to return you the favour should US ever invade your lands, you can keep the Liwas though, we don't need such people. I just hope you don't interfere in our affairs and we won't in yours, you can keep busy with the Arabs, we will focus up north.
We don't want Iranians to interfere in our country, just as we have no benefit in interfering in Iran.
Let us respect each other as neighbors, but most of all as
Muslims.
Bhai Jaan Have you listened Ex-Chief of Army Staff-President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf Interview where he Clearly Admits Ex-Pakistan Army General Fighting in Syria for Opposition?. I don't know what source is more credible then him regarding these matters.
Musharraf should be hanged. That is my view of him. So no, not credible in my eyes.
What is "Pakistan proper"?
Excluding Pakistanis living in the West, ME, and SEA.
Yes it is not OFFICIALLY Allowed for Pakistani Citizen to go and fight for other countries as proxies. But it is just OFFICIAL. Under ground these cancerous Organisations are still recruiting Pakistanis to Fight all sorts of wars. We as a nation have to stand up to this trend. we have already been damaged enough.
A problem needs to be recognized first and then it is solved. Simply putting a blind eye toward it will never make it easier.
We have genuine names, locations of Liwa Zanabiyoun members.
Do we have the same for any other groups? How many people are we talking about?
Their is only one solution. PAKISTANISM. Focus Everything on Pakistan. Discourage every ideology that promotes anything above Pakistan. People are more loyal to International Causes and ideologies then they are to their own countries. We need to revise our syllabus and national direction.
Sadly its far away still.
I agree brother. However, Iranian proxies in Pakistan fail that basic test.
Look her at the venom exhibited by Iranian propaganda against us. They attack our identity, right to exist, Kashmir, ISI, Pak army, our ethnic groups (Pukhtoons,) and our religious views (Sunni Islam.) There is lack of respect at all levels.
We cannot be anything but enemies to these people. Afghans have already made the right decision about them.
Sunnis and Shias of Pakistan need to come together to deal with this new threat.
You're on a witch hunt mate. I'm not even going to respond to your emotional post but just to clarify:
This was not to malign the Kashmir cause. Though as
@AgNoStiC MuSliM pointed out my argument might be a bit flawed but it still holds if you want to define what tyranny is.
It is a poor analogy. Indians are torturing, murdering, raping Kashmiri Muslims, all with
Iranian support and interestingly enough for your analogy, even
with Bahraini support. I mean ofcourse the medal Bahrain gave Modi.
Is the situation in Bahrain open genocide, lockdown, and torture camps for Shia Bahrainis? I understand that it is wrong on some levels, I agree, however it is not Kashmir.
However Kashmir is more analgous to the oppression of Sunni Muslims Arabs, Kurds, Turkmen by the Syrian Alawite regime, again with
Iranian official sanction and physical support.
You see the hypocrisy of the Iranians?
Just like your fantasies about the Indian subcontinent. You're a bunch of Iranian tribes. Not other way around. Half of your today's country belonged to the Qajar Dynasty before the Goldsmith and Mac Mahon agreements. And the British annexed those parts because they wanted to weaken us to protect their investments in India from possible Persian aggression.
