For the sake of debating the ââ¬Åclaimsââ¬Â in the article posted by SATANââ¬Â¦.
The Indian government has taken the Americans for a ride in Afghanistan and has used the art of deception to take refuge behind them while aiding and assisting acts of terrorism.
For its part, the government of Pakistan provided irrefutable evidence to its "American friends" who according to senior officials were simply "stunned" and have reportedly asked for some time to evaluate the evidence before they try to "rein in" the Indians in Afghanistan.
The groups carrying out attacks in Afghanistan are the Taliban. The Taliban were formerly supported and backed by the Pakistani Army/ ISI as their strategic depth. Now if there is some other group carrying out terrorist attacks in Afghanistan then the article should have stated some thing about them, since they have ââ¬Åproofââ¬Â that has ââ¬Åstunnedââ¬Â the Americans.
No doubt the Americans are stunned, and Bush in particular, during his recent visit to Afghanistan-Pakistan-India. He was briefed by Afghans and those reports very confirmed by the US Army senior staff. He was stunned by the Pakistani complexity in the continued support (either official or clandestine) to the Taliban.
Pakistani officials are reported to have provided lists of around 80 per cent of people working in the Afghan defence and intelligence agencies who were formerly members of the Northern Alliance, a group that was funded and trained by the Indian agency RAW. A majority remains on the payroll of India even till today.
The Americans were aware of the number of Indian consulates and media centres that were working in Afghanistan. This was expenditure with sinister designs.
The Americans are well aware of who the Indian contacts are in the NA. It was these very chaps who guided the US forces during the initial stages of the attack on the Taliban (after 9/11). These chaps were with the US Special Forces while 5000+ Pakistani Army officers and men were being evacuated from Konduz.
The Governor of Nangarhar Hazrat Ali has strong links with the Indians who have rewarded him by renting his house in Jalalabad for their consulate office at an exorbitant rate of $5000 per month when similar accommodation was easily available for less than $500 a month.
At least five training camps for "terrorists," who attack the Americans inside Afghanistan and make hit and run sorties against Pakistani border forces, are managed by Hazrat Ali. A total of 19 terrorist training centres were operative with Indian assistance in Afghanistan.
The author of the article is quite ignorant about the background of Hazrat Ali. He is not our boy but is a CIA/ ISI contact from the Soviet Afghan days. The CIA used his services as of his (now dead) boss Abdul Qadeer, former Governor of Nangarhar.
The claim about the $5000 rent for the office is rather silly, since Hazrat Ali use to run the drug trade and has his chemical factories. To accuse him of been greedy for just a measly amount of rent when he and his former boss among others were a few of the richest men in Afghanistan is absurd.
A simple google search will prove the author's falsities and lack of research.
India has about 2000 commandos in Afghanistan who train Afghans and other foreign terrorists so that they can create trouble in Waziristan and Balochistan. The Indians admit the presence of 800 commandos.
There is just one ITBP battalion that was inducted to protect the Border Roads Organisation staff members that are constructing roads and bridges in Afghanistan. Initially there was a company, but after the kidnapping and killing of a driver by the Taliban, this force level has been increased, to include the security of other Indian organizations in Afghanistan.
These are commando qualified troops, but are not part of our Special Forces units.
It has also been reported that in one ambush on Pakistani forces in the Mohmand Agency, the directions to terrorists were being given by the staff officer of the Indian Consul General that were intercepted by Pakistani security personnel and have been played before the Americans who have accepted the authenticity of the tape.
I am sure the Americans will verify the interception, they happen to have excellent resources.
Another factor that has created concern is the dropping of boxes containing Pakistani currency in selected areas through helicopters in both the Waziristan area and border areas of Balochistan.
Some of the boxes that were captured by the security agencies of Pakistan have revealed that India and Afghanistan were engaged in large scale counterfeiting of Pakistani currency and this may soon result in a phased replacement of currency notes in this country.
Even a duplicate coin of Rs5 has been detected that was made in Afghanistan with the technical assistance of Indians.
If we are responsible for this then its a case of just returning a favour. The ISI has been flooding India with fake currency for years.
In case the level of relations with Pakistan remains what it is today, Afghanistan will be the main sufferer at the end of the day when both the Americans and Indians leave it in a lurch.
The author seems to warn the Afghans. However, the current situation of Taliban resurgence is due to the continued support given to the Taliban/ Osama groups by the ISI/PA. Pakistan cannot digest the loss of this strategic depth, hence the Taliban are been kept as a leverage to put pressure in the new Afghan government.
Beside if the Americanââ¬â¢s reduces their forces the rent money being added to the Pakistani economy will also dry up. So its in Pakistani interests that the US remains in Afghanistan and the Taliban remain active (to a certain degree) and Osama remains at large.
The policy of the Americans is bound to fail because the Indians will deceive them as well and never confront China, a goal that has been set by American policy-makers under the present US administration. American foreign policy was already in tatters in Europe, Iraq, Afghanistan and will be soon doomed in India.
I donââ¬â¢t see that happening. Itââ¬â¢s very difficult to say no to Uncle Sam.
Finally, it has to be seen how Pakistan responds to the new emerging scene in this region. But before a tit for tat policy takes shape and a useless arms race begins, the Indian government must come clean and try to save the day otherwise things would once again slide which would not auger well for both India and Pakistan. The damage to Afghanistan will be far greater. Here, the Americans must act, but then were the Americans listening in the first place?
What should India come clean about? What is the author trying to say?