Re: Western media taunts Benazir for creating Taliban
Totally agree.
You couldn't resist, could you?
So do you also totally agree on this. I'm quoting a source dated: 06.03.2001
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While the whole world has reacted with horror and outrage against the action of the Taliban in destroying the statues of the Buddha and historical sites in Afghanistan associated with Buddhism, one man has been strangely muted in his reaction--Gen. Pervez Musharraf, the self-styled Chief Executive of Pakistan, the creator and the creation of the jehadist organisations of Pakistan and the Taliban and the benefactor and the beneficiary of Osama bin Laden, the terrorist wanted for many international terrorist incidents, who was once nurtured by Gen.Musharraf and used in 1988 to ruthlessly suppress the Shias of Gilgit.
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and this:
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One country, which could have stopped it, is Pakistan and one leader, who could have done so, is Gen.Musharraf because the so-called Taliban Administration in Afghanistan is run largely by the retired officers of the Pakistan Government and the Taliban's militia is largely officered by serving and retired officers of the Pakistani military. The Taliban's intelligence set-up is run by officers of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). But, Gen. Musharraf has chosen not to do so.
Ever since he seized power on October 12, 1999, a consistent trait exhibited by the Mohajir General is his fear or reluctance to confront the Islamic fundamentalist and obscurantist elements. He had never criticised them on any ground; on the contrary, he had supported and justified their so-called jehad.
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and this:
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Similarly, he asked his Interior Minister, Lt.Gen (retd) Moinuddin Haider, to issue a statement on documentation of the madrasas and on curbs on their activities, but when the fundamentalists denounced the Minister as an American agent, he did not defend him; instead, he ingratiated himself with the fundamentalists by canceling the orders of his Minister.
Gen. Musharraf promised to Mr.Bill Clinton, the then US President, last year that he would himself personally go to Kandahar, the headquarters of Mulla Mohammad Omar, the Amir of the Taliban and the Pol Pot of Afghanistan, and persuade the Taliban to deport bin Laden and moderate its activities. He did not do so; instead, he sent his Interior Minister to Kandahar on an eyewash-visit without any outcome, which could have been unfavourable to the Taliban.
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