ISLSMABAD - Former Interior Minister and Chairman Institute of Research and Reforms Senator A Rehman Malik said yesterday that Afghan Taliban should not be isolated.
He said that it is unfair at present to keep Taliban isolated as they need to be brought into the mainstream and be made a part of the international community. “Let us see how the international community takes up the matter of Taliban in the UNSC to resolve it,” he questioned. He said that announcement of withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan was made first during the time of President Obama but that time, the warmongering policy of the USA to overpower the Middle East was in full swing as part of the great idea of President George W Bush to take over Middle East and Iran.
He said that President Obama had stated that the US forces and CIA had achieved their longstanding target and objective in capturing and killing Osama Bin Laden. He said that President Obama had also confirmed that the US was holding preliminary peace talks with the Taliban leadership and also the UN Security Council.
US has deployed its forces in almost every Muslim country in the name of security
Malik said that Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, both presidential candidates were trying to succeed President Hamid Karzai and had promised to sign a security agreement with the USA as a prerequisite of any post-2014 US troop presence, hence the drawdown was slowed down leaving behind 8400 troops.
He said that that Osama Bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks himself was a Saudi national but the question arises why Afghanistan and Pakistan are constantly blamed despite non-involvement. He asked that why Pakistan, despite its evident and remarkable role in US War on terror and the Afghan peace process, is being accused of harboring terrorism? Rehman Malik said that Al-Qaeda was formed in the 1980s when young Muslims from around the world joined the Afghan mujahedeen as volunteers in a jihad against the Soviet Union who was called, gathered, and trained them in Afghanistan by the USA. “America gave birth to the Mujahedeen by portraying itself as a messiah for Muslims and used them against its arch-rival for its geopolitical objectives and the wealthy Saudi, Osama Bin Ladin, was one of those Mujahedeen brought by the USA to be trained,” he claimed.
He said that USA deliberately left these Mujahedeen behind to create a state of civil war in Afghanistan so that it could have a reason to interfere in Afghanistan in the future. He questioned that the point to ponder here is that all of these attacks happening afterward were carried out inside Muslim territories and by the Muslims themselves until the 9/11 attack happened and why did the CIA not interfere when it was aware of possibility of something happening? He said that US has deployed its forces in almost every Muslim country in the name of security and protection but who is the enemy that would harm them?
Rehman Malik said that the only reason behind the USA blaming Afghanistan and Pakistan is that the unity between both will not let anyone to create unrest in the region so, the superpower once again left behind the bone of contention after sudden evacuation for the whole region to deal with.