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Originally Posted by waseem gurmani
By the way Pakistan was not the only muslim country supporting american invasion. All neighbouring islamic countries of afghanistan like Iran, Tajikstan, turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, kergyzstan and Turkey all supported the invasion.
Ahmed Rasheed has written in his book 'Descent into Chaos' that at the time of 9/11, Pakistan had no choice but to vow US. What compelled Pakistan to side with US was kashmir issue. Had Pakistan not dissociated itself from Talibans, Kashmir would have gone. Moreover, future role in the regional politics would have ended also. As india would have emerged as a regional power and pakistan bracketed as terrorist state like north korea.
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excellent analysis sir;
the whole world sloganed at the time of 9/11 that "WE ARE ALL AMERICANS".the countries always formulate such policies that best serve their national interest.security, survival, sovereignty and national and territorial integrity are some of the fundamental national interests.and of course, the then foeign policy makers of general musharaf paved us a right direction.but i dun think that they had calculated the pros and cons of this new tack.this all the massacre and butchery attached with terror infrastructure has come like a bolt from blue. none had expected that we are going to entangle ourselves in a carnage that wl take decades to obviate and deal a clout to the very existence of Pakistan .at this critical juncture, things seem to be going haywire and into a tailspin.