Re: Afghanistan risks 'failed state' and its impact on Pakistan economy
erm the one thing that would provide pakistan with a bit of peace and quiet is non-interference in afghanistan's affairs. it is this interference in afghanistan's affairs that has caused all this militancy in pakistan.
Pakistanis must watch for the status of this sick-man of Asia called Afghanistan. Afghan troubles start with tribal rivalry, then the lack of strong army, and last not but least a long time negative approach towards its most helpful neighbor aka Pakistan.
Whatever Afghanis do, we must watch them, and make sure that we are ready if and when this state totally collapse.
One of the many option that Pakistan hasn't explored so far is this. Pak army cannot remain bottled up in FATA. The real source of our troubles is the cancer of Afghan instability and tribal uncouthness. As long as that cancer is there, it will continue attracting Jihadi flies form over the world including FATA.
It is time that we let the Pak army get out of FATA, and attack the real source of Jihad, the Afghan south. This will achieve many objectives.
1- It will force the Jihadis to fight Pak army in Afghanistan and not in FATA. 2- It will also kick out the Indian consulates and BLA support centers from Afghanistan. 3- NATO countries cannot and will not send more troops in Afghanistan, so they will greatly help the manpower of the Pak army. 4- Once the Southern Afghanistan is secure, we can establish road, pipeline, and electric grids direct to Turkmenistan. 5- This will greatly improve the economy of Balochistan and Southern Afghanistan, ultimately helping Pakistan.
Pakistan must thing out of the box (or FATA) policies to deal with Afghan cancer.