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Karzais about-turn
Published: November 16, 2010
At long last, after Pakistan has borne the brunt of drone attacks for years on end, which more often than not missed the targeted militants and, instead, killed nearly two thousand innocent civilians, Afghan President Karzai has had a change of heart about their justification. From an open supporter of these deadly sallies and even an advocate of ground invasion of Pakistan to wipe out the terrorists located in the border region of the two countries, he has suddenly felt that these attacks, and the violent reactions they have produced, have caused greater suffering in Pakistan than Afghanistan, and has opposed them. The shift, sadly belated, is welcome indeed and would prove to be helpful in removing the distrust that the Afghan attitude since the American aggression has caused in Pakistan and pave the way for a deeper understanding and friendship between the two countries. It is noteworthy, however, that Mr Karzais interview in The Washington Post in which he expressed these sentiments, also contains a severe condemnation of the nightly raids of Afghan homes being conducted by US forces in capture-and-kill operations. It seems that after the Afghan President had realised where the shoe pinches, he came to sense how agonisingly painful, both for the people and government of Pakistan, the experience of drone attacks also was. But to his credit goes the acknowledgement that his criticism of Islamabad was not justified in view of suffering these drone attacks have provoked. He should know that Pakistan and its people feel the same pain when their Afghan brethren suffer brutal treatment at the hands of imperialist powers.
Karzais about-turn | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online
Published: November 16, 2010
At long last, after Pakistan has borne the brunt of drone attacks for years on end, which more often than not missed the targeted militants and, instead, killed nearly two thousand innocent civilians, Afghan President Karzai has had a change of heart about their justification. From an open supporter of these deadly sallies and even an advocate of ground invasion of Pakistan to wipe out the terrorists located in the border region of the two countries, he has suddenly felt that these attacks, and the violent reactions they have produced, have caused greater suffering in Pakistan than Afghanistan, and has opposed them. The shift, sadly belated, is welcome indeed and would prove to be helpful in removing the distrust that the Afghan attitude since the American aggression has caused in Pakistan and pave the way for a deeper understanding and friendship between the two countries. It is noteworthy, however, that Mr Karzais interview in The Washington Post in which he expressed these sentiments, also contains a severe condemnation of the nightly raids of Afghan homes being conducted by US forces in capture-and-kill operations. It seems that after the Afghan President had realised where the shoe pinches, he came to sense how agonisingly painful, both for the people and government of Pakistan, the experience of drone attacks also was. But to his credit goes the acknowledgement that his criticism of Islamabad was not justified in view of suffering these drone attacks have provoked. He should know that Pakistan and its people feel the same pain when their Afghan brethren suffer brutal treatment at the hands of imperialist powers.
Karzais about-turn | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online
