Back in 2008 or 2009, I inadvertently sat at a meeting I was not invited to. @AmrullahSaleh2 (NDS @ this time), @MHaneefAtmar (education) most 'big' west. ambassadors (US, UK, NATO dep, France and some others) were seating around a table. I believe @calxandr was there as DSRSG.
.@AmrullahSaleh2 made a 10 minute briefing on security. 10 points. Each point carefully demonstrating Pak support to Taliban.
At the end @MHaneefAtmar asked whether this intelligence had been shared with 'our western friends'. @AmrullahSaleh2 confirmed it had. Silence.
The longest silence I've experience in the thousands of meetings I've attended.
The UK Ambassador cleared his voice - and here's what he said in substance: 'since nobody wants to go first... NDS shared all of this with us. Our intelligence confirms everything. We just don't know how to handle Pakistan'. The US ambassador agreed. Same.
And that's the day, I guess, I became an adult. Unfortunately. Poor Ambassadors. They did not know what to do to deal with Pakistan. For 15 years. #SanctionPakistan
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