Pakistan's Role in Creating and Sustaining Afghan Misery

In this section, the Institute for Afghan Studies will present a comprehensive study of the role of Pakistani governments in the Afghan conflict.  From their sponsorship of rebel groups against the regime of President Daoud, to the hijacking of the Afghan Jihad against the invading Soviet troops, to their sponsorship of favorite proxies resulting in the destruction of Afghan cities, to their latest attempt in propping up a regime that is not only at war with Afghanistan's present and future but also her past, Pakistani government's finger prints are everywhere in this cycle of misery, death and destruction of Afghanistan and Afghans.


Pakistan and the Taliban: Flux in an Old Relationship?           by Tara Kartha, Research Fellow, IDSA, October 2000 Vol. XXIV No. 7 The Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, India:
Strange as it may seem to the outside observer, the last two decades in the history of Pakistan and Afghanistan have led to a situation wherein the two countries are invariably taken together as one...


Human Rights Watch: Pakistan, Iran, Russia Fueling Afghan Civil War

The 55-page report, "Crisis of Impunity: The Role of Pakistan, Russia, and Iran in Fueling the Civil War in Afghanistan," details the nature of military support provided to the warring parties.


Acceptance Speech by
Ahmad Rashid,  Journalist and the Author of the Taliban - Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia

 On Receiving the  "Nisar Osmani Award" for Courage in Journalism, Awarded by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on March 25, 2001

(The Institute for Afghan Studies is grateful to Ahmad Rashid for his contributions to the IAS)


To Get at the Taleban, Apply Pressure on Pakistan,  

Selig S. Harrison
The key to ending the threat from Osama bin Laden and the Taleban does not lie in Afghanistan but in Pakistan, which keeps the Kabul regime on life support with military and economic aid.


Coverage of the Three-day Deobandi Conference Held in Pakistan, April 9, 2001

The permission accorded to the JUI to host the conference clearly indicates that General Musharraf has signaled to people in Pakistan that he understands and supports the causes espoused by the Taleban and Osama bin Laden...


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