Chak Bamu
RETIRED MOD
- Joined
- Jan 3, 2013
- Messages
- 5,361
- Reaction score
- 69
- Country
- Location
See, this is what security-centered approach does - eliminate viable options.The Pashtunistan chapter might be closed but the law o bar chapter is very much open. This is fuelled by the ethnic parties we have like ptm.
That’s right now but imagine a stable Afghanistan. Imagine the 300k strong previous afghan army was the army of a stable Afghanistan and imagine they had a airforce even 2 squadrons of capable jets.
It would be a serious headache because we would have to raise many new troops and would have to focus on afghan threat. We could be in the thinking they would never attack but we would never be sure especially since they don’t recognize Durand line.
Also Iran is on path to getting nukes soon. Even tho we don’t have issues with Iran, it still puts us in a tough situation because we have 3 nuclear states surrounding us and a stable Afghanistan would be the final nail in the coffin. All it takes is a regime change in stable Afghanistan ti make a pro pak gov, anti pak. All it takes is india to flush Iran with investments to create issues with us.
Do you have any idea how much of a peace-bond is trade, for example? Do you know that democracies do not easily go to war with one another? Do you see the havoc & instability that is caused by meddling into other countries' affairs causes? Don't you see that a poor & unstable Afghanistan is just as much of a threat? What was the whole WoT about? Do you wish to forever be managing Taliban & looking over your shoulder to see when the next terrorist attack would come? Suppose Afghanistan finally breaks up (less chance, but still plausible), what happens to the part that belongs to Afghan Pashtuns? Would that not be a massive headache in itself?
These are no good choices either & it will always impact Pakistan's own progress.
I want to bet on a peaceful & democratic Afghanistan.