Is common Pakistani Man rooting for Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan

[MilSpec]

Pakistani establishment has been often alleged to provide support to Afghan taliban / Haqqani network in afghanistan.

Also another allegation is Pakistan wants to ensure that establishment in afghanistan is pro - pakistan

How many members here think resurgence of taliban similar to 90's will benefit pakistan???

 

[53fd]

Pakistani establishment has been often alleged to provide support to Afghan taliban / Haqqani network in afghanistan.

Also another allegation is Pakistan wants to ensure that establishment in afghanistan is pro - pakistan

How many members here think resurgence of taliban similar to 90's will benefit pakistan???

The common Pakistani doesn't care what happens in Afghanistan (who comes into power), as long as Afghan terrorists do not cross the border & start blowing up places in Pakistan.

Bilal Haider

 

[MilSpec]

The common Pakistani doesn't care what happens in Afghanistan (who comes into power), as long as Afghan terrorists do not cross the border & start blowing up places in Pakistan.

Bilal Haider

so does haqqani network/ so called pro ISI-taliban enjoys no support from the masses?

 

[53fd]

so does haqqani network/ so called pro ISI-taliban enjoys no support from the masses?

What does that have to do with the title of the thread. If you want to find out about the opinions on the Haqqani network, please visit this thread:

http://www.defence.pk/forums/strate...01-us-pakistan-issues-over-haqqani-group.html

There's plenty of discussion on this already, & is continuing as well.

 

[MilSpec]

What does that have to do with the title of the thread. If you want to find out about the opinions on the Haqqani network, please visit this thread:

http://www.defence.pk/forums/strate...01-us-pakistan-issues-over-haqqani-group.html

There's plenty of discussion on this already, & is continuing as well.

forget haqqani... you are saying common pakistani citizen doesn't care what happens in afghanistan as long as it doesn't spill over to pakistan .. right? in other words no support among the masses for afghan taliban

 

[53fd]

forget haqqani... you are saying common pakistani citizen doesn't care what happens in afghanistan as long as it doesn't spill over to pakistan .. right? in other words no support among the masses for afghan taliban

Yes, the common Pakistani (besides a very very few extremists that gave them refuge in the FATA under Pashtunwali, & then later formed the TTP) does not support the Afghan Taliban.

 

[Developereo]

forget haqqani... you are saying common pakistani citizen doesn't care what happens in afghanistan as long as it doesn't spill over to pakistan .. right? in other words no support among the masses for afghan taliban

Especially after the Swat video of the girl being flogged and various terrorist incidents within Pakistan, you can be sure the average Pakistani does not support the Taliban.

The only thing they want is for Afghanistan to have a stable government so the country can return to normal and refugees can go home. The American presence in Afghanistan is seen as a hindrance to stability because, despite the propaganda, the US is there to serve American interests, not the interests of Afghanistan or regional peace.

 

[MilSpec]

Yes, the common Pakistani (besides a very very few extremists that gave them refuge in the FATA under Pashtunwali) does not support the Afghan Taliban.

So if people pakistan doesn't support afghan taliban, and ISI does support elements of afghan taliban, aren't they in contempt of the government.
I can understand kashmir , huge symphaty in pakistani public for the cause .. but if no support in masses for afghan taliban , same should be reflected in elected government and ISI respectively.. right?

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

so does haqqani network/ so called pro ISI-taliban enjoys no support from the masses?

it's only the Americans (hardly other NATO countries) who keep talking about Haqqanis....majority of Pakistanis didnt even know what/who Haqqani is until Americans kept harping on about it in the past couple years

majority of them are in Afghanistan, that is their home....though there is a cross-over of tribes on both sides.

Haqqanis are just one fish in the lake. Majority of the resistance the NATOs have been facing from 2006 onwards when the insurgency picked up steam has been by a MULTITUDE of Taleban and pro-Taleban factions. They give Haqqanis more credit than they deserve. It's all politically motivated; they want us to do an operation in N.Waziristan and we are telling them we will do it when and if we feel its necessary. . . This has angered them.

Common man in Pakistan hardly cares about these politics. Though I'm sure there are people in Pakistan who would prefer taleban resurgence in Afghanistan over foreign-power occupation and resurgence.....because when there are foreign boots, its inevitable that some people will get radicalized and resentful over it. The same way, there was much anger and resentment over the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.


history just repeats itself, with a little bit of different flavour.....the terrorists of today are the heros of yesterday. . . "freedom fighters" as they were called

 

[53fd]

So if people pakistan doesn't support afghan taliban, and ISI does support elements of afghan taliban, aren't they in contempt of the government.
I can understand kashmir , huge symphaty in pakistani public for the cause .. but if no support in masses for afghan taliban , same should be reflected in elected government and ISI respectively.. right?

The title for this thread is "Is common Pakistani Man rooting for Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan", not the ISI or the Pakistan government.

If you are talking about the ISI or the Pakistan government, no evidence has been provided by the US implicating the Pakistan government or the ISI directly in supporting the Afghan Taliban.

 

[RezRoll]

Forget Taliban. I've always wondered though, does the common man in Pakistan root for people like Qadri, the guy who killed Salman Taseer.

I have always thought no, but i remember reading on how he got showered with flowers at the courts and how so many lawyers were willing to defend him. It almost indicates that he had mass support of the local Pakistani population. Did he?

 

[53fd]

Forget Taliban. I've always wondered though, does the common man in Pakistan root for people like Qadri, the guy who killed Salman Taseer.

I have always thought no, but i remember reading on how he got showered with flowers at the courts and how so many lawyers were willing to defend him. It almost indicates that he had mass support of the local Pakistani population. Did he?

What would you say about the Germans that supported Hitler during WW2, or the Indians that supported Modi despite the fact that he was directly involved in the murder of 2000 Indian Muslims?

 

[unicorn]

The title fo this thread is "Is common Pakistani Man rooting for Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan", not the ISI or the Pakistan government.

If you are talking about the ISI or the Pakistan government, no evidence has been provided by the US implicating the Pakistan government or the ISI directly in supporting the Afghan Taliban.

You are absolutely spot on billu. Against Pakistan Not a single Evidence but Whining.

They didn't prove any thing even after the Osama Bin Ladin incident. But as far as CIA is concerned there are very clear evidences that they are supporting Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.

 

[karan.1970]

Indians that supported Modi despite the fact that he was directly involved in the murder of 2000 Indian Muslims?

Not proven ... Please show the evidence ..

 

[Imran Khan]

damn i don't know what these guys think abut pakistan . you think its small town? lolz i was 33 days in pakistan and never see a single man who use word taliban afghanistan i was only man who interested in this mess .thats why my friends say leave internet come we have to go outing

trust me only few intreasted in this game common men don't even know what is the name of 3 afgan cities and yep only little extremist mullah support them but public don't care .