Originally Posted by
NutLoose
No surprise there.
Also no surprise here;
Imran Kahn swooning over the Taliban.
On Monday (August 16), Pakistan PM Imran Khan
extended his support to the radical Islamist outfit Taliban, following their takeover of power in neighbouring Afghanistan. During the launch of the ‘Single National Curriculum’ in Islamabad, he justified the Taliban’s actions by claiming that the Afghan population had broken the ‘chains of slavery’. He also remarked that ‘cultural imposition’ (by the United States) was tantamount to ‘mental slavery.’
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In 2012 he had even said that Taliban’s
‘holy war’ in Afghanistan is justified by Islamic law while visiting the hospital where Malala Yusufzai was treated a week prior. Malala, then a schoolgirl, was shot in the head by the Taliban in Swat valley of Pakistan in October 2012 for writing against the atrocities of Taliban in Swat Valley of Pakistan. Imran Khan has proved time and again that he is a terrorist sympathiser.
Pick your preferred form of slavery, you'll get one or the other it seems.
My own experiences with Pakistan as "allies" as regards ops in Afghanistan (in the regions closest to Pakistan) are a bit dated (early 00's). Those those experiences taught me that Pakistan as an ally of convenience was a case of geographical necessity, not of mutually shared interests. They were a part of the problem, not a part of the solution.
Saw a brief bit on TV last night about China recognizing the Taliban; a practical response.
Originally Posted by
tartare
There's a Spooky en-route to Kabul as we speak...
Is that a guess, wishful thinking, or a jest in bad taste?