Posts Tagged ‘Hamid Karzai’
Mind your own back, Mr. Karzai – by Rusty Walker
For the record, why would the U.S., EVER be “stunned” as the news report stated, that Hamid Kazai would “not back the US in a confrontation with Pakistan” - mind you, a confrontation that is not in the least likely in current geopolitical jockeying. While I insist American’s aren’t stupid, it is beginning hard to prove it- our [...]
Pakistan, Afghanistan and politics of US withdrawal- by Shehrbano Taseer
WASHINGTON DC: On Wednesday, the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) and the Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) co-sponsored an event featuring Pervez Hoodbhoy and Zia Mian. The speakers discussed the present crisis in Pakistan regarding the Taliban and other extremist Islamist forces, and what a US/NATO withdrawal would [...]
A Reponse to Cold War Thinking in Today’s Afghanistan
Pretext A former USAID director from 1950s Afghanistan insists that the Taliban were and are a good option for Afghanistan, and Afghans can’t govern themselves. My Response: Really? So it was a good thing to imprison women, conduct ethnic cleansing, destroy the cultural heritage of Afghanistan and rewind the clock back to 4th century [...]
General Ahmad Shuja Pasha’s letter to Mullah Baradar – by Hakim Hazik
A man believed to be Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in a photograph taken in 1998, given to The New York Times by a former photographer for the Taliban. Photo - New York Times Article cross-posted from: Justice Denied Brother Brother and Brother Pasha Extraordinary Rendition By: Hakim Hazik Dear Brother, Do you seriously think that you can [...]
HE Hamid Karzai and FATA – by Zar Ali Musazai
People of FATA are grateful to His Excellency President Karzai for his statement against FCR in FATA President Hamid Karzai was right to say that Frontier Crimes Regulations commonly known as FCR is a terrible legacy of the British colonial rule being applied on Pashtun People in FATA. The sooner it is taken out the better. It is also [...]
Pakistani Taliban united against Al Qaeda’s three enemies: “Obama, Zardari and Karzai”
Taliban’s unity and our disunityUnder instructions from Mullah Umar and “sheikh” Osama bin Laden, the three feuding warlords of Waziristan have announced reconciliation and merger under the rubric of Shura Ittehad Mujahideen (SIM). Heretofore, known as the divided house of the Taliban movement, the three warlords, Baitullah Mehsud, Maulvi [...]
Seven years in Afghanistan — Article by Hamid Karzai
If we can all work together — Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, the United States, and our allies — I see a possibility of moving beyond the days when a government thinks it needs extremism as an instrument of policy. When all governments in the region reject extremism, there will be no place for extremists, and terrorism will wither awayWe began [...]
Hamid Karzai’s appeal to the Taliban leader Mullah Umar that he should “return home” under guarantees of safety and “help bring peace to Afghanistan"
What should one make of Afghan president Hamid Karzai’s appeal to the Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Umar that he should “return home” under guarantees of safety and “help bring peace to Afghanistan”? President Karzai says he has been “sending messages to the Saudi Arabian king requesting him, as a world Muslim leader, to help us bring [...]
