Talking to the Taliban - Part 4 - Pakistan Relations

Pakistan’s brutal beneficiaries betray their refuge


KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN
March 26, 2008

Despite a long history of using Pakistan as a safe haven, Taliban on the front lines of the insurgency say they have no loyalty to their neighbouring country.

A survey of 42 insurgents in Kandahar found most were critical about Pakistan, where they are reported to have headquarters and supply lines, and most were critical of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, often using the harshest language to describe him.

Some insurgents claimed they want to fight for the seizure of vast swaths of Pakistan's territory in the name of expanding Afghanistan to include the major cities of Quetta and Peshawar. Every fighter asked said those two cities belong inside Afghanistan, and all of them rejected the existing border as a legitimate boundary between the countries.

The Globe and Mail's modest sample of Taliban opinion may only reflect an effort by the insurgents to hide their sources of support in Pakistan, analysts say, or it may point to something more troubling: the growing indications that parts of the insurgency are no longer controlled by anybody.

"If they are supported by ISI [Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency], why are they attacking Pakistan?" said Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the former Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, after reviewing The Globe's raw video footage. "Why would the ISI want these kinds of activities in Pakistan? It's out of control. Nobody is able to control it."

"This is Afghan government propaganda, about the Pakistan government controlling the Taliban."

Few historians dispute that Pakistan's intelligence services played a decisive role in establishing the Taliban movement in 1994, and Islamabad appeared to retain a strong influence over the regime that seized Kabul two years later.

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[MrRichJerk]

This bearded afghan guy talks and acts like an American and expects people to believe he's actually a white american. Grow Up Afghan.

The Problem is not Pakistan, the problem is your Afghan Mentality which has not only maligned but almost destroyed Islam and I don't need any proof to explain why.

[TuzesViz]

You're absolutely right, he's not American. He's Canadian, as you'll notice throughout the series he's constantly talking from a Canadian perspective, and mentions Canada almost as much as he mentions Afghanistan.

[KabulNew]

Very TRUE - Excellent clip - You make 100% sense. I hope the world realize this fact before Pakistan create more trouble to the world.

[sajjiny]

this guy whatever he said didn't make any sense to me.

[java92]

just fuk usa .lozer.afgan r ar muslim brother of pakistan peouple of pakistan and we r very close brother .wat world think usa is big terorist .(ISI)is the best voor pakistan.

[devrajvarma]

Cowards killing Cowards.

[TVHazaragi]

its good that you show the real faces of these bastards.

[walkertexasranger33]

@MrRichJerk you seem retarded why would you refer to him as an afghan guy... he acts like a northamerican and isnt saying that pakistan is the problem..

[Adnowwwwn]

This speaker is a fucking idiot. The Taliban are not some wild animals out of control. They fight Pakistan because it helps NATO launch operations from its bases, airports, and other facilities. This aid along with intelligence is CRUCIAL to NATO's survival in Pakistan.

Dumbass Canadians should stay the fuck out of the middle east because they couldn't understand it if their lives depended on it.

[Pokhton]

40 million lol you porkistanis has no controll over the border but you exactly know how many pakhtuns living in pakhtunistan?? you cant handle the sitation on the durrand line but you think you know how many pakhtuns living in afghanistan and porkistan.than i can tell you my friend afghanistan was founded by an pakhtun with more than 70% of the populations are pakhtuns porkistan is foundet by britiania like israel with maybe 10 % pakhtun populations.you became pakhtunistan with the illegal occu

[Pokhton]

by the way the name that u use ahmedshah was the founder of afghanistan because large parts of PORKISTAN was 60 years ago afghanistan .but when the shamless dark people of punjab the ex hindus occupiers pakhtunkhwa the durrandline a british empire border was never accept by the afghans because we defeated them.