Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts

Monday, December 10, 2012

The Afghan quagmire continues

Iran may be involved if the US opted for drone attacks in Balochistan and this is bad news for Pakistan

The 'war on terror' may or may not eliminate Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in the tribal areas of Pakistan but it seems it would cost dearly to a state that is already headed towards fragmentation. Now that the 100-days-old Obama government has decided to expand the American covert war in Pakistan, far beyond the unruly tribal areas to strike at a different centre of Taliban power in Balochistan, where top Taliban leaders are orchestrating attacks in southern Afghanistan. “Mullah Muhammad Omar, who led the Taliban government that was ousted in the American-led invasion in 2001, has operated with near impunity out of the region for years, along with many of his deputies,” the New York Times reported. Citing American intelligence officials, it further said many top Taliban commanders remain in hiding in and around the provincial headquarters in Balochistan, while some Afghan officials claim that other senior Taliban leaders have fled to Pakistan.

What does this mean? If the US administration goes for drone attacks in and around Quetta, it would lead to collateral damage in the largely Pashtun belt of Balochistan. “For the last 62 years, Baloch people are displaced. Now if the Americans opt for drone attacks in and around Quetta, Pashtuns will be displaced,” Nawab Khair Bux Marri, veteran Baloch leader told B&E.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

INTERVIEW: IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO INDIA

Iran has come through a lot and is now looking at the future with dreamy eyes. And now its relations with India matter
 
That’s why for more than 20 years, we have challenged each other. But at present, we want change. We want peace. For that they have got to trust us and we both have to respect each other. In public they say, they want close relations with Iran and will change their policy, but at the same time they impose economic sanctions against us. Iran has always tried its best to maintain good relations and spread peace and prosperity in the region, in other countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan and Tajikistan.

B&E: Despite organisations like the Arab League or Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), Islamic countries continue to be a divided lot. What role can Iran play in uniting them.

SM: Iran is already a member of a number of international organisations like OIC, Shanghai Cooperation Organization and SAARC. But one must understand that it is not only the Islamic countries which need to be united.

Infact, the whole of the Asian continent needs to be together and work together. This century belongs to Asia-not only because of the enrichment of their natural resources but also because of a vast pool of young and talented population. Many of the European countries, with negative growth of population are inviting our people to their countries. So in short, we have to share and support each other to make a broad Asian institution which will benefit both.

B&E: Israel and the US say that Iran interferes in Lebanon’s internal politics through Syria. How do you defend yourself?

SM: See, Lebanon has its own government. Some part of the land is occupied by Israel and the people of Lebanon are trying to get it back. Getting their rights back is the truth. If you go through history you will understand that Israelis came from outside and that they have no right to occupy the land. Now the Lebanese need justice and giving back the land to them is the truth.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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