Sunday, July 15, 2007

What goes around comes around

Pakistan has a history of training militants. Pakistan helped the Afghans against Russia, partially to destroy the Russian plans for expansion and partially to solve its own refugee inflow from Afghanistan as a result of unrest in Afghanistan. This help was both in terms of training and arms, the role of Pakistan was so evident to the world that countries like US and UK provided it financial aids, to be shared with the Afghani’s. In fact India’s tryst with its so called “pro militancy stand” came much later, when its trained militants targeted India after not finding there place in Afghanistan. It was in 1989 that widespread insurgency started in Kashmir, largely started by the large number of Afghanistani mujahideen who entered the Kashmir valley following the end of the Soviet-Afghan War.

With Afghanistan now open to direct intervention from US directly and India somewhat in control of Kashmir situation, the demand and supply rhythm of arms and militants have got disrupted.

The Lal Majid episode proves what the experts always warned Pakistan about, that if Pakistan fails to export terrorism to its neighbors, it will manifest and kill in Pakistan itself.

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