 Pakistan must help prevent the spread of the resurgent Taliban militia in Afghanistan and within its own borders, the United Nations special representative to Afghanistan said on Thursday. The two countries must also cooperate instead of constantly accusing each other publicly of failing to act against the Islamic fighters, Tom Koenigs told reporters in Kabul. "The government of Pakistan is aware they have to prevent a Talibanisation of Afghanistan and Pakistan," he said. "Blaming the neighbour doesn't help, cooperation does." He hoped for a better future for Afghanistan "maybe not in the short term but in the medium term".
| Pakistan had better prevent the spread of the Talibs for its own survival. Afghanistan's accusations that Pakland fails to act come in the wake of a long series of inactions, half-measures, and duplicitous denials. Should the Wazir Talibs be put down, it would go a long way toward pacifying Afghanistan, since many if not most of the Afghan Talibs are Paks. Mr. UN special representative's remarks can be dismissed as nothing but methane emanations, since he either doesn't know what he's talking about or he's too diplomatic to say what he means. Either way, he's useless. |
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