Pakistan is getting isolated internationally

‘No matter comes within the minds of the Pakistani generals and Pakistan navy, they only go for it.’
‘They don’t care concerning the penalties for his or her nation or the implications to the folks of Pakistan.’

IMAGE: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, September 17, 2021. {Photograph}: Didor Sadulloev/Reuters

When totally different factions of the Taliban bickered over forming a authorities in Afghanistan, Lieutenant Basic Faiz Hameed, director-general of Pakistan’s Inter Providers Intelligence company, flew to Kabul and ensured that an interim Taliban authorities was in place earlier than he returned to the ISI headquarters in Rawalpindi.

The ISI chief’s mission doable confirmed but once more the maintain his company has over the Taliban which it spawned and has patronised for over 25 years.

Mohsin Dawar, a member of Pakistan’s parliament, the nationwide meeting, and central chairman of the Nationwide Democratic Motion in that nation, is cautious about Islamabad’s patronage of the Taliban and worries about its affect on Pakistan’s personal Taliban.

“There isn’t any doubt that Pakistan’s navy and ISI have been concerned in taking on Kabul, supporting the Taliban by giving them assist logistics and coaching. They gave each sort of assist to the Taliban,” Dawar tells Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com.

What does the rise of the Taliban imply for Pakistan?

Pakistan is quickly celebrating the rise of the Taliban and taking management of Kabul as a victory. I imagine it’s a sort of a victory which is able to very quickly flip right into a catastrophe for Pakistan.

When any democratically elected authorities is overthrown by drive, it’s a unhappy day for the folks of that nation and the world. One fails to grasp why Prime Minister Imran Khan described the approaching of the Taliban as ‘breaking the chains of slavery’. What message is he attempting to convey by making such a press release?

Imran Khan, earlier than making this assertion, didn’t suppose for a second that he’s the prime minister of a rustic. In the identical terminology, within the coming days, Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan may begin creeping in direction of Islamabad with the identical slogan. What justification will Imran Khan then be left with to counter his personal argument?

I feel it was a really irresponsible assertion and he’s not conscious of the implications of his assertion.

Amrullah Saleh, the previous vice-president of Afghanistran, accuses the Pakistan authorities of supporting Taliban forces in attacking the Panjshir Valley the place Saleh and fighters of the Northern Alliance are situated. Pakistan denies this, however do you are feeling there’s some reality in Saleh’s assertion?

There isn’t any doubt that Pakistan’s navy and ISI have been concerned in taking on Kabul, supporting the Taliban by giving them assist logistics and coaching. They gave each sort of assist to the Taliban.

In Panjshir, there have been allegations from many nations (concerning the involvement) of Pakistan, however till now we now have not seen any (clarification) from the Pakistan authorities, which creates doubts.

The Taliban is understood to suppress the rights of ladies, doesn’t permit larger faculty schooling for women or girls to attend workplaces. In such a situation, one wonders why the Western educated Imran Khan helps such a regressive authorities.

It’s not simply the mentality of the prime minister of Pakistan, it’s the mentality of most people in Pakistan. A lot of the Pakistani intelligentsia thinks the identical on the subject of Afghanistan.

This narrative has been pierced of their minds by the State equipment by way of the media and faux propaganda. It’s hypocritical as a result of they select one thing for Afghanistan which they don’t select for themselves.

For instance, they assist militants in Afghanistan, however don’t want them over right here in Pakistan. It will (finally) chunk them again and Pakistan must face the implications.

Why does the Pakistan ruling institution see Taliban rule in Afghanistan as an asset? What profit do the Taliban convey to Pakistan as a rustic as a result of any civilised nation would know that Taliban rule within the neighbourhood is a legal responsibility and means an unsure future?

Initially, the Pakistani institution wished to demolish the Afghan identification as a result of Pashtuns in Pakistan affiliate themselves with the Pashtuns of Afghanistan.

We (Pakistani Pashtuns) write Afghan in our domicile certificates, land data and different such issues. So as a substitute of constructing Pashtuns/Afghans pals, they’re attempting to demolish their Afghan identification by attempting to beat it throughreligion.

Even when somebody is a Muslim, no person can overlook (their ethnic identification).

You wrote an article in The Diplomat stating that there have been as many as 15 focused assaults in South Waziristan by the Tehreek-i-Taliban after the Taliban took over energy in Afghanistan.
Do you are feeling the Tehreek-i-Taliban goals to seize Pakistan identical to the Taliban captured Afghanistan?

The TTP’s stakes have elevated after the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban. They’ve claimed that they’ll seize initially the merged district FATA (Federally Administered Tribal Space) and liberate it from Pakistan.

It now depends upon how the Pakistani safety forces counters them as a result of this time they (TTP) are coming with extra power and extra ideological confidence.

There may be no person to again the Pakistani safety equipment the way in which it was prior to now. No matter they must do, they must do on their very own.

This makes it a really complicated state of affairs. No person is aware of what is going to occur and what the TTP can obtain sooner or later.

When there’s direct and pleasant relations between the Tehreek-i-Taliban and the Taliban authorities, why does your authorities not see it as an imminent hazard to Pakistan’s stability?

Now we have been seeing the TTP and the Afghan Taliban as the identical factor. No person (in energy) accepted this actuality.

The Pakistan navy and Pakistani institution have been underneath the phantasm that they’re our strategic property with the intention to get strategic depth in Afghanistan.

We thought we have been utilizing them as instruments and I’ve written about it, that within the means of getting strategic depth in Afghanistan we now have given strategic depth to the Taliban in Pakistan.

By conquering Afghanistan, what sort of morale increase has it given to jihadi parts in Pakistan? Do the jihadis imagine they’ll convey sharia regulation in Pakistan too?

The Taliban victory in Afghanistan has given very excessive morale to jihadi parts throughout Pakistan. They really feel victorious and have now acquired immense power.

They now imagine they’ve defeated the complete world.

They imagine they’ve defeated a superpower and really feel they’ll defeat America and its NATO allies, which is an issue for Pakistan and the complete area.

They’ve gained confidence after what occurred in Afghanistan.

In India, one of many main considerations is whether or not the Taliban will espouse the reason for Jammu and Kashmir and trigger instability in our nation.

I do not suppose Kashmir might be any problem for the Taliban. They’ve by no means been concerned within the Kashmir problem. Kashmir is not going to be a precedence for the Taliban. Their very own mess might be sufficient for them, They won’t become involved on this dispute as they by no means have been concerned earlier too.

What’s the temper among the many frequent residents of Pakistan after the Taliban took over Afghanistan?

There’s a massive polarisation in Pakistan (on this problem). Mainstream Pakistan, which is usually Punjab and areas that are very a lot influenced by way of the State narrative and State media, are very pleased.

All of the Pashtuns and Balochs are extraordinarily unhappy with the autumn of Kabul to the Taliban as a result of we share our grief with them. Now we have very sturdy relations as the identical households stay right here (in Pakistan) and there in Afghanistan.

Undoubtedly, when a militant organisation takes over a rustic the place our pals stay and prolonged households stay, the place the identical nation lives, it should make Pashtuns and Balochs upset.

The remainder of mainstream Pakistanis are pleased (although).

There was a social media hashtag #Pakistanissafe that was supported by many Pakistanis after the New Zealand and England cricket groups refused to play cricket in Pakistan. Globally, folks really feel Pakistan will quickly turn out to be a harmful place to stay in. Do not Pakistanis realise this?

Pakistan has by no means pragmatically thought concerning the worldwide notion about their picture. No matter comes within the minds of the Pakistani generals and Pakistan navy, they only go for it. They don’t care concerning the penalties for his or her nation or the implications to the folks of Pakistan.

Pakistan is getting remoted internationally. It was a really massive blow when the New Zealand cricket group refused to play cricket right here. This impacts Pakistan’s economic system and never cricket alone. It impacts every thing that comes underneath the State.