Karzai also accused Islamabad of having armed and trained the teenager’s assailants. “Terrorism is a snake and when you train a snake, you can’t expect it will only go in the neighbour’s house,” he said.
Karzai’s promise to crackdown on Malala’s attackers come in the wake of a confirmation from US officials that Mullah Fazlullah, a commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, is hiding in Afghanistan. Fazlullah was reportedly behind the attack on Malala.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 11th, 2012.
COMMENTS (12)
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ
Look Americans, don't go after Mullah Fazlullah because Pakistan wants you to. Go after him because he ordered his gunmen to kill a 14-year-old girl just because she wanted an education. Don't do it for Pakistan, do it for Malala.
@B: The Washington Post has already reported in "Pakistani militants hiding in Afghanistan" that the drones have made the lives of Pakistan-based terrorists so bad they're fleeing across the border into Afghanistan where they are living in safety! That same report also published a map showing the areas of operation of the TTP and Haqqani Network. The TTP's was in Kunar, Nuristan and Pakistani areas extending into Swat. The Haqqani Network's was entirely within Afghanistan!
That's why the above quote should really be re-phrased to "Whatever United States and Afghanistan. First go get the Haqqanis and Fazlullah, then we'll consider listening to your outburst."
I don't know what you were trying to do but you obviously didn't do any research before posting here.
I read the whole transcript of the interview Karzai gave CNN-IBN. He was basically telling Pakistan: we'll keep sponsoring Mullah Fazlullah's terrorism against you, play the India card in the hope of intimidating you, and court the Afghan Taliban that we hate you so much for having links with. This on top of maintaining illegal claims on half of Pakistani territory. He's using Fazlullah as a tool against Pakistan but he can't possibly make good on any of his other wishes because Pakistan is just too well-positioned in the Afghan peace process.
The Afghans used to deny Fazlullah's and TTP's presence in Kunar and Nuristan. The Afghan National Army is always available there to attack Pakistani army checkposts and border villages but never to crack down on the TTP in their own territory. I hope they have also now seen and understood why Pakistan has been shelling their country lately.
The Afghan intelligence is protecting and sheltering Mulla Fazlullah.
@syed baqar ahsan: 'he talks according to the country he is visiting". Youu are correct. When he visisted Pakistan, he toldthen to dis=engage with the snakes and Pakistan said no, Snakes.
@Yehonala: "Whatever Mr. Karzai. Just go get Fazlullah, then we’ll consider listening to your baseless outburst"
Rephrase it to ""Whatever Pakistan. Just go get Haquanni Terrtoist, then we’ll consider listening to your baseless outburst .
Karazi is good chap,lives in our neighbor hood,he talks according to the country he is visiting.