Sad that @NikkiHaley repeats the 2 flawed narratives:
“giving #Pakistan’s military $1 billion” when everyone knows those payments, under the Coalition Support Fund (#CSF), were repayment for Pakistan’s military support for #US forces in #Afghanistan.
#Pakistan lost all ties with the #Taliban when it decided to stand with the US in the global war on terror.
Pakistan asked the #Taliban to handover #binLaden to the #US before the invasion, repeatedly stating that there should not be a war in the region.
The Taliban didn’t listen and #Pakistan cut ties. It took years for those ties to be re-established.
And once those ties were re-established, the #US was quick to ask #Pakistan to bring the #Taliban to the negotiating table, against the wishes of both the @KarzaiH & @ashrafghani governments.
This all happened while #Afghanistan, a #US military client-state, was actively supporting, training & arming the #TehrikeTaliban (#TTP) to kill innocent civilians & #PakArmy soldiers.
We sacrificed 85,000 lives to the proxy war sponsored by #India & #Afghanistan.
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As the #Taliban continue to claim moving #TTP fighters to western #Afghanistan, TTP fighters have been confirmed in northern AFG, today the head of district intelligence of the Taliban’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GID) can under attack in #Badakhshah province.
For those unfamiliar with #Badakhshah provincial borders…
Another important factor to keep in mind is the #geological value of #Badakhshah province.
This is of key importance to #China’s investment into minerals in #Afghanistan.
Some interesting reports coming out of #Afghanistan over the past few days:
- roughly 2,000 #Taliban suicide bombers have been moved to the #Iran|ian border since the end of May.
- #ISKP has also started moving their fighters to northern #Afghanistan, according to sources within an anti-#Taliban group. They are being moved to #Badakhshan, #Takhar and some others.
Apparently, there are both @CIA and #ISI fingerprints on this.
The #TTP occupation in #Swat is significantly more than is being reported in the domestic media.
Many villages are under TTP control, and search operations have been on-going for more than 5 months.
It is no surprise that the TTP has returned to Swat for us @commandeleven.
For the past 3 years, we have repeatedly informed and warned that the TTP presence was growing and their influence was increasing.
Deaf ears.
We have repeatedly argued against the negotiating table, because it is a sign of weakness.
Why should we negotiate?
The news of Gen. #FaizHameed's deal to hand over parts of #KPK to #TTP, in return for peace for the country - that is accepting defeat and emboldening the enemy.
Is it any surprise that there was a significant uptick in violence from December onwards, when TTP walked away again?
This is a significant foreign policy mistake by the #US & @SecPompeo
Having a defense collaboration agreement already in place had already made regional players uncomfortable, the sharing of intelligence data with #India is a recipe for disaster in the region.
The #US alignment with the #Modi government clearly shows that they are not interested in human rights or justice with #India
Rather, the US comprehensive support with embolden @narendramodi to go further than previously imagined.
What makes this even more significant is the coming withdrawal from #Afghanistan, where the #US will want to secure their minor gains. #Indian involvement will raise the stakes for failure for #US foreign & military policy.