The level of India support was much less compared to Iranian support and the logistic support provided by CAR states.
My point was that India was also a supporter of NA.
I suggest you read Ahmed Rashid's book on Taliban which interestingly was written BEFORE 9/11 and his insights then and the future repercussions of these policies particularly on Pakistan were very accurate, when we look at the situation now.
I am not defending the Taliban or Pakistan's polocy supporting them, except inasmuchas it was directed at countering a pro-India Northern Alliance.
Pakistani security establishment need to realise that they should interfere in the internal politics of Afghanistan which is a sovereign country.
As you yourself pointed out, all neighboring countries have been meddling in Afghanistan's affairs. India's hands are no more clean than Pakistan's. It just so happens that the pro-Pakistan Taliban ended up pissing off Uncle, who is now using the pro-India Northern Alliance to fight them back.
That is why polls after polls by various organizations even by Al jazeera have shown that Afghans tend to be anti-Pakistan more than anti-India although the percentage numbers may be different.
India is better at the propaganda game than Pakistan. I have never disputed that. even though Pakistan gave refuge to millions of Afghan refugees.
100 times better than supporting and recognizing Taliban. Ahmed Shah Messoud is BTW the National Hero of Afghanistan. No one except Hazara's have problem with that.
ASM may be a hero in certain quarters but it is false to say that the Northern Alliance were any more humane than the Taliban. In fact the rise of the Taliban, and Mullah Omar in particular, is
precisely because of the atrocities committed by NA and other warlords.
Keep supporting and recognizing Taliban and Iran surely will throw a red carpet for Pakistan.
I agree that Pakistan should encourage a moderate ideology, whether it is through Taliban or otherwise. Pakistan needs to forge solid ties with Iran (and Turkey).
Can you provide us with a poll showing a favourable view of Afghans towards Pakistan? when a survey is conducted it is taken from all corner of a society regardless of who is who.
Polls can be condicted to reach any desired result. It's all in the sampling, wording and analysis.
"There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
and by the way, why are you guys opposing indian efforts in afghanistan?
We are opposed to Indian activities in their "consulates" along the Pak-Afghan border. Nobody has any problem with India building schools, hospitals, etc.
if you think the indians have sometihng sinister in their minds then you should do the same thing in afghanistan, come and build schools, universities, roads, etc in afghanistan. like for like and no complain.
Pakistan has spent $500 million helping in the Afghan reconstruction effort. India, with a 7x bigger GDP, has contributed $1.2 billion. Comparatively speaking, Pakistan has been far more generous than India but, like I said, our propaganda machine is not as good as India's.
really?
