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If someone breaks the law, he should be punished for it. Contesting that law is up to Saudis, and I don't think most would contest it.

Yes they are

This is a very stupid article by the BBC. Shias in Pakistan are better off than any other minority group, and have more power and freedom than their proportion in the country.

The first thing is that the name Khalifah was only taken by the later Ottoman sultans to justify their religious authority as their power lessened. Anyone can call themselves a Khalifah, its not a post retained specifically for some so-called great Islamic ruler. Secondly, the Khalifah in...

halanke dekhne mein bachi buri nai hai

Iran is not our ally. Those who believe that are sadly mistaken.

It looks like some headlines are required, and this nonsense speculation is providing it.

Najibullah was a more popular and legitimate leader of Afghanistan than Karzai is. Karzai doesn't even have any Afghan security, since they are not trusted to protect him, while Najibullah could mix with the population of Kabul.

Quaid-e-Azam was inspired by Ataturk and wished to implement similar reforms in his own society. In fact, it was from reading about Ataturk that he came back into politics, otherwise he had left politics in the 1930s. It is true that Ataturk was a more radical leader and implemented his reforms...

Did anyone blame you or your countrymen? Why are you already on the defensive?

India and Pakistan are enemies and will remain so for the foreseeable future, there are no two ways about it. If Afghanistan is to be used as an area of influence by either India or Pakistan, that's another matter. But the primary threat remains from the nuclear-armed country on our east.

Bonn conference is meaningless anyways

When did this happen?

Who defended these Taliban?

Yes, I do think that Nadeem Paracha gives a more logical explanation for his views as compared to, say, Ayesha Siddiqa, whose only response is, I'm a liberal secularist and Pakistan Army is responsible for all the ills in the world (or something to that effect). I had already read this article...

Because Pakistan is getting screwed over, while Iran sees its own interests being realized in Afghanistan without having to move a finger, and at the same time, it is still seen as the one country standing up to the Great Satan. So why should they change what they're doing? And I didn't mean...

I'm not finding you any proof about this, you can go look for it yourself. If you want, you can claim that this proves I'm wrong. Maybe later I'll get some proof.

Are you saying that Iran does not want the NA in Afghanistan? The NA which it has supported for so many decades? Sanctions do not mean Iran doesn't support this role the US is playing in Afghanistan, as noted by many commentators, Iran and Pakistan have opposing interests in Afghanistan. Voting...

We have opposite goals in Afghanistan, Iran is an ally of our greatest enemy, Iran is involved in Baloch insurgency, so where exactly do we have common interests?

Why are you making enemies? Why bring in Israel? Why is an Arab's enemy necessarily Pakistan's enemy? Iran is our direct enemy, it supports the US role in Afghanistan, and is heavily involved in the Baloch insurgency. It is hand in glove with India. Nothing has changed in this regard since 9/11...