@ brother Niazi Khan
Thanks for your critical commentary upon my article... as far as your objections are concerned, i will advise you to read the article again & focus on
"reading between the lines." while keeping in view the policies of our country where one can not openly criticize the "Holy Cows."
Al-qaeda was the direct fall out of 1979 Afghanistan war... I have tried to quote the authentic sources... For example to augment my point about the creation of Al-qaeda, just read the source that i 've quoted (Mr. Musharraf's book) & if you are interested in a visceral postmortem then read the entire chapter....
I have tried to explain the creation of Alqaeda & in this regard I have quoted an authentic report "How the cIA created Usama Bin Laden?" This is a report published by CIA fact book & widely commented upon by BBC... Just go through the following address to read more about it....(source BBC Urdu’s Service
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8046577.stm)
Regarding the individual cases that you have cited to support you objection, my opinion is second to Mr. Lord Avlon because as a general rule
"No law is perfect... Exceptions are always there"
Taliban (or Tehrik=e=Taliban) are the umbrella group of alqaeda... In this regard i will only advise you to study the profile of Taliban leaders... if there is any thing common between them all it is that all of them had participated in Afghan Jihad along with the other fighter... so they share the same psychological & social nexus of the Alqaeda...
Last but not the least, this is an ongoing conflict therefore nothing is ultimate & final... the commentary will keep on changing until the dynamics will keep on changing....
@ Lord Avlon
thanks brother for offering your mature commentary upon my article.... thank you..