If anyone thing that It was Pakistan alone who created/funded taliban to caputre Afghanistan than they are giving un-due credit to Pakistan. It was a joint operation of CIA and ISI, Taliban were meant to keep the country peaceful so that the interest of Americans can be achieved in the region... again Pakistan did the job right untill Osama bin Laden came back to Afghanistan from Sudan...
The CIA and ISI did not create the Taliban. They just funded and trained and supplied arms to all of the Afghans who were fighting the Soviets. These included a whole spectrum of people from moderates to extremists. The Taliban infact were created in 1992 when Pakistan needed to them guard trade convyos between Pakistan and Central Asian Republics.
Pakistan then decided to end the civil war in Afghanistan and helped the Taliban take over Afghanistan.
Things went well for 5/6 years and then 9-11 happend, the only thing Taliban did wrong was they denied the order of their masters Pakistan and USA to hand over Osama ben Laden to USA.. had it been done then.. we might still had taliban ruling Afghanistan.. any that is another story...
I agree. The Taliban are a localized menace and never had global implications. They are being used by Arabs as foot soldiers so that they can conduct Jihad. Too bad the Taliban are too stupid to realize this.
If US-NATO leaves and they out-source the war through CIA to Pakistan, this will ensure two things.. 1) No Indian Involvement in Afghanistan, hence Baloch and other religious terrorist will not get any support and ground in Afghanistan
The only Indian involvement that has been proven is Balochistan. And that has mostly to do with BLA receiving money from Indians. The BLA themselves were defeated by Pakistani Army in 2006.
So the Indian support for BLA is the least of Pakistan's worries.
2) Pakistan will again manage to create some groups in Afghan, who will fight to win Kabul ( ofcourse with US-PAK support ) and fight the hard-core elements of Taliban.. then these talibs shall have no moral ground to hire new MUJAHIDS nor does American has to loose to many lives or had to pay so much in terms of money..
Pakistan has been trying to do the samething with the Lashkars in the Tribal Areas and has failed miserably. If they can't even emulate that in FATA what makes you think that Pakistan can create a force that can take over Afghanistan and defeat the Taliban.
As for moral grounds. What moral grounds did they need when they took over Swat?
The Taliban are a cancer and they need to be eradicated.
Pakistani Establishment has been trying to convey this message to US-Govt...but BUSH was under the influence of christain taliban and he was fighting a religious war in Afghanistan.. may be Obama have foreseen the future and would be able to handle the situaiton with care and can have withdrawal from Afghanistan...
And I am glad that Bush didn't listen to this nonsense.
Pakistan no longer has any control over the Taliban. It is a frankeinstein monster that Pakistan created and now has gone out of control.
The best way to destroy the Taliban is to intensify the drone attacks in FATA and take out the leadership of the Taliban while the Pakistani Army using its full might take over the FATA areas and destroy the Al Qaeda presence in FATA and bring it under the realm of Pakistani constitution.
With the safe havens eliminated and Al Qaeda no longer present in Afghanistan/Pakistan border areas. NATO can withdraw and Afghans need to make peace with the Taliban elements who might have legitimate beefs with the government.