Posted on 12/21/2021 8:43:55 PM PST by blueplum
Discourteous remarks about Afghanistan made by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan at the recent Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) meeting were an insult to the Afghan nation reeling from the Taliban takeover. In his remarks, Khan described the non-monolithic Taliban group as a predominately ethnic Pashtun movement, implicitly casting millions of Pashtuns as the Taliban’s adherents....
But perceptions matter....
...To be sure, it is difficult to determine whether the Taliban will ever be able to run a non-ideological Afghan state. But by casting it as a Pashtun movement, Pakistan risks sparking Pashtun nationalism in more than 40 million Pashtuns who transcend well beyond Afghan borders into Pakistan....
...Without a doubt, the Taliban – admired by Pakistani religious leaders, extremist political parties and militant groups – would increasingly exploit such nationalistic tendencies. As such, Pakistani leaders, who maintain their own India-centric nationalism, would selectively encourage the group to geographically limit such exploitation of nationalism to Afghanistan....
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
seems like he's got Pakistan's number
Eff the pakis.
Lol. I can’t believe I’m siding with the Afghanistan/Taliban on something.
Yeah? Well Let’s Go Brandon sort of started this ball rolling. I mean, how does a US ally feel when they see how much military hardware and sensitive information was left for the taking in Afghanistan?
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