For one simple reason, it doesn't respect anything else but itself. It imposed a false war upon Iraq and an unjustified invasion of Afghanistan. iIt is an arrogant country.
The US is using the Pakistani soil not for the past 7-8 years,but from 1960s,with military links dating back to the 50s.As a matter of fact the actions of US in Pakistan almost got it nuked by the Soviets back in the 60s.Then the US had developed deep links with the mujaheddin in the 80s with the help of the Pakistani agencies.
All this time Pakistan seemed to have an excellent relation with US and getting time time military aid as well.The Pakistanis never complained back then.Did the Pakistanis never realized,that US is there in Pakistan all the time for its own interest??So,what happened in 2001??? How does the respect factor gets vanished all of a sudden???Is it because the US decided to crush the Taliban and Al-Qaida???
As you advocate Taliban destroyed budha's temple, do you also advocate action against Hindus who destroyed Muslim Mosque? Your comments are so lame that I had to convince myself that its okay, I should reply to him with more politeness than he actually deserves. Common buddy, lets not loose the sense while talking about Taliban. They are no harm for any country of the world if you are not there in their country and harming them. Even Taliban who terrorized Pakistan were TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) and not Those Proud Afghans who are fighting aginst India and America.
I am all for a sane conversation.Many Pakistanis have a misconception about Indians in general and vice versa.Acute case of mistrust it and regrettable henceforth.I can see very well,that you are referring to the Babri Mosque demolition case.Well firstly,two wrong doesnt make one right.Secondly,I strongly denounce the incident.It was unfortunate,and a scar on the face of humanity.Many perpetrators were brought to justice but many roamed free,due to the loop holes in Judiciary and lack of evidence.You see,running the World's largest democracy in a third World country is a difficult job,and we cannot expect everything like that of an Utopian state.
I can bring forward many similar incidents in Pakistan as well,but as of now,let us concentrate on the topic at hand.
So far as the Taliban are concerned,of course they were a threat to the World.They sheltered the Al-Qaida and its leadership,the very same organization who bombed the World Trade Centre,did you forget that???Did you forget the public execution of women in a stadium meant for Sports??
The Taliban, under the direction of Mullah Muhammad Omar, brought about this order through the institution of a very strict interpretation of Sharia, or Islamic law. Public executions and punishments (such as floggings) became regular events at Afghan soccer stadiums. Frivolous activities, like kite-flying, were outlawed. In order to root out "non-Islamic" influence, television, music, and the Internet were banned. Men were required to wear beards, and subjected to beatings if they didn't.
Most shocking to the West was the Taliban's treatment of women. When the Taliban took Kabul, they immediately forbade girls to go to school. Moreover, women were barred from working outside the home, precipitating a crisis in healthcare and education. Women were also prohibited from leaving their home without a male relativethose that did so risked being beaten, even shot, by officers of the "ministry for the protection of virtue and prevention of vice." A woman caught wearing fingernail polish may have had her fingertips chopped off. All this, according to the Taliban, was to safeguard women and their honor.
In contrast to their strict beliefs, the Taliban profited from smuggling operations (primarily electronics) and opium cultivation. Eventually they bowed to international pressure and cracked down on cultivation and by July 2000 were able to claim that they had cut world opium production by two-thirds. Unfortunately, the crackdown on opium also abruptly deprived thousands of Afghans of their only source of income.
Where you like to label them as being fundamentalists, we have 100s of reasons to cherish their role against USSR and now against USA. We don't acknowledge that loudly but Afghans have defended Pakistan by fighting America in their country and for that reason, we embrace them and feel warmth for them at heart.
The Afghans are fiercely freedom loving people,and I respect that,so does the World.They fought the Soviet invasion with US help,its good for them,but that does not give the Taliban,which is not a representative of the Afghans, a ticket to commit mass atrocities against humanity and terrorize the entire World.,
Even the Northern Alliance,and their hero,Ahmed Shah Mehsood,fought the Soviet,as well as the Taliban.He fought the Taliban,as he realized that their practice was wrong and inhuman.
But then,he was assassinated by the Al-Qaida.What do you make out of this??
