Actually, you didn't support any ethnicity but the Taliban and Gulbudeen before them. In other words, the one success your leaders achieved besides prolonging the Afghan war, was to introduce us to the world as barbarians. Well, thank you for that, although keep in mind that every action does have a reaction. Forget the Iranians as they only seem to think highly of themselves, even when the reality of their situation begs to differ. I've met Turks and Gulf Arabs and I dare say I've came across neither who speak well of Pakistanis. The Turks who are indeed ethnically close to us and more than once have told me about how grateful they are of the Afghan King who once sent Kemal Attaturk money after the fall of the Ottomans, quite easily take in to Afghans. I even know two Afghans happily married to Turks. The Arabs I've learned also like Afghans, for they see us as hard-working, honest, principled, and willing to risk all to save one of them (aka Taliban defense of OBL). Just the other week an Afghan lost his life in Saudi Arabia by saving an African who had fallen in a barrel of chemicals. The common Afghan is virtuous of character and is not shifty or dishonest, unless of course he is dealing with what he sees as his enemy. In that case, the gloves are off.
I am telling you this because in spite of all our losses and what seemed to be Pakistani gains, we do enjoy good will towards us among people across the world. For instance, after the Qatari government began to kick out Pakistani mentors that used to dominate the training of their military, they ended up hiring four Afghans as generals in spite of their having been former Communists. In fact, one Qatari told an acquaintance of mine that they’d prefer an Afghan’s dog than to trust a Pakistani. Seriously friend, I am not telling you this to annoy you or to deliberately employ vitriol at Pakistanis. My intention here is actually benign; for all I’m saying is that we all reap what we sow. The ordinary Pakistani people who deserve better, don’t even realize how lonely their state has become. Do you all actually believe that the Taliban will once again reign supreme over Afghanistan and you’ll end up with a docile Afghan neighbor? Think again friends, for we’ll never give them the benefit of the doubt as we did during the 1990’s. The difference between now and then is that we know them all too well today and will trust nothing even remotely associated with Pakistan.