Source/Courtesy:Xpress Tribune
“In its quest for US favours, Pakistan has alienated the Afghan people and mujahideen. Now Islamabad cannot play any role in stabilising Afghanistan and restoring peace there,” Hekmatyar, the fugitive chief of Hezb-e-Islami insurgent group, told Daily Express in a written interview.
He came down hard on Pakistan for its role in the US-led war against terrorism and said it ignored even its own interests to please the US. “Its controversial policies have antagonised its own people,” he said referring to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan-led insurgency in the tribal regions.
“Today Afghanistan has become the hub of anti-Pakistan forces,” said Hekmatyar. As a result, small groups have come to power in Kabul. “And these groups have the backing of India, Russia and Iran.”
Hekmatyar accused Islamabad of helping Washington to topple the Taliban regime in Afghanistan which it had acknowledged as a legitimate government. He also blamed Pakistan for the “massacre of 130,000 innocent Afghans”.
Categories: Pakistan
I lived in Afghanistan from 1969 to 1972, during the ‘Royal Days’. The Afghans are very conversant with their history. One lady from the British Embassy said to me: “These Afghans, they are always talking of their history, I say ‘Let them, after all that is all they have got’…
Well, according to this ‘live history’ I can attest that the Afghans still remember that the main fighting force of the British Army during the colonial attempts of conquering their country consisted of ‘Muslim Indians’, in other words the people who later became Pakistanis. Therefore they have not yet quite forgiven Pakistan for assisting the British to attack Afghanistan.
Therefore, no wonder that today’s Afghans are still not sure of the Pakistani’s loyalties…