I always wonder at the shameless rationale of the people declaring Talibans terrorists, barbaric, cruel and what not but the same people advocate the actions by USA and NATO in Afghanistan that killed far more people and totally indiscriminately through carpet bombing and MOABs... and they shamelessly support the northern alliance which is nothing but a junta of heartless psychopaths like Dostam who is infamous for "murda ka dance i.e. Dance of the dead body" which comprised of decapitating prisoners and then filling the body with kerosene oil and fire it. Now there is no such atrocities attributed to Talibans and I'm not saying they were right and we can support all their actions but at least the followed some principles and let everybody know them in advance. However they had brough much needed peace and single rule and policy for at least 95% of Afghanistan; a feat after two decades of civil war. As a consequence, the economy of Afghanistan started to get better and people began to live a normal life. Whatever brand of Islam they were practicing, the Afghan people supported them and the outside world has no right to dictate the Afghans what system they need to adopt within the boundaries of their country. The then govt of Pakistan; basically Gen. Musharraf under intimidation by US, changed its stance overnight and when joined the US in a war that based fought on totally fabricated excuses.
That is not a balanced opinion, from my point of view. Afghanistan was a liberal, peaceful and aspiring to modernisation country before the Soviets attacked it and destroyed their fledgling efforts. Pakistan intervened against the Soviets; in that context, your remark, " Whatever brand of Islam they were practicing, the Afghan people supported them and the outside world has no right to dictate the Afghans what system they need to adopt within the boundaries of their country", reads ironically. I presume Pakistan was not a privileged player to have set their stamp on Afghan society, or to have imposed a radical Islamic social character upon it.
I presume that you know the barbarism that Haqqani perpetrated on Kabul. It is strange that Pakistan remembers the beast Dostum, but conveniently slides over the beast Haqqani, and others like him, who ravaged the country with the active support of Pakistani institutions. The normal life that people began to live under the Taliban was normal compared to the hell created by these puppets; who will take the responsibility for manipulating them?
You will notice that India was not involved in breeding this violence or in feeding it. For your reference, India was a country very close to the old Afghanistan, and there was continued and sustained ill-feeling between Pakistan and Afghanistan even before the Soviet invasion. It was a twist in history that due to their support of the mujahedin, Pakistan acquired a kind of transient stake in Afghanistan. Pakistanis poured across the relatively porous border and attacked Afghan clients of the Soviets and the Soviets themselves. This is one snake that has returned to bite its fosterparent.
The loss of this stake, or rather, its relatively rapid erosion, has led to a great deal of heart-burn in Pakistan, and a number of downright vicious calls for the destruction of Afghanistan, or, at best, its severe and deep-rooted punishment. When you talk about support for this, that and the other, India had no role to play in the violence, and to accuse India and Indians of shameful deeds in this connection is fatuous. On the other hand, your own state was responsible for such a lot of violence, first, in overthrowing the Soviets, second, in replacing them, third, in fighting those who defeated the attempted replacement. It is not for nothing that the Afghan government still condemns Pakistan for constant interference in its affairs, and for choosing to try and set the nature of the political settlement that is being sought by all parties.
Now look at what India did throughout this period, and especially at the end. If you find anything objectionable, if you have read anything objectionable, do say so. Compare it with your own country's record, and tell me honestly if you continue to hold the opinion that you displayed in your last post.