Thread by @Brahamvakya

20 years of “global war on terror,” the U.S. still does not grasp very basic, fundamental things about the nature of its adversaries, believing it can compartmentalize groups and geographical boundaries — such as the Taliban and Al- Qaeda or Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iraq..

when what it is actually facing is a pan-Islamic global crusade whose elements are inextricably intertwined and ultimately control Pak & Iran.This misunderstanding is born of a Western analytical mindset tht struggles with an enemy that refuses to think in recognisable categories

— to whom nation state, nationalism or nationality are anathema. Because Western analysts have made a category error, incapable of understanding that Islamic groups do not identify as anything other than Muslim regardless of where they are located, same mistake is made by indians

Which is surprising as we hv had a 1400 yr experience of dealign and being treated by Islam. The whole charade of Deoband being opposed to partition was not because of some love for India but Deoband (being fountain head of Islam in sub continent ) doesnt believe in nation state

Deoband felt that Muslims will get divided and the pace of conversion will reduce. It is this reason that maududi called Jinnah as Kafir-e-azam, Abdul kalam Azad lamented partition as it will taken muslims..
Taliban are Deobandi.. they don't care about Afghanistan or pakistan

Taliban is not a proxy of Pakistan’s ISI; indeed, the Taliban, like Hezbollah, is simply the name an integrated network uses in Afghanistan and is not an independent organization as such. Like the IRGC network does in Iran and other countries it conquers,

the Pakistani one — revolving around a mixture of Muslim Brotherhood, Deobandi, and Wahhabi networks — feeds off the resources of Pak state but is not Pakistani in any relevant sense. Unlike the IRGC network,there is no Wilayat al-Faqih to fully unite the elements of Pakistan’s

essentially horizontal network. Despite paranoia and personal rivalries, there is no means of determining where the ISI ends & Al-Qaeda, Taliban, TTP, and an alphabet soup of other groups in Kashmir and elsewhere, begin, whatever their bureaucratic structure on paper

Afghanistan is just the beginning of getting one more real estate under islamic flag. There is NO pashntoonwali ( even though Taliban are overwhelmingly Ghilzai Pashtoons), Goal is to get the land under sun for Allah & sharia is way forward.
They will devour Pak/China too

RGC and ISI cooperate in the global jihad and share assets, among others Hekmatyar/Al-Qaeda.getting lost in the personal, tribal, ethnic ideological rivalries and even internecine warfare killings, serves more to obscure than illuminate the nature of this Islamic imperialism.

Goal is to get land under Allah.. India, China, US, Russia, EU..& even pakistan. These two networks — however fractious and sectarian they can be at the granular level — operate at the strategic level as a single, inseparable enemy of free world.

It is no coincidence that #MunnawarRana #Barq or #AIMPLB praise Taliban as they understand intrinsically that Deobandis are doing Allah'a work and agenda of a global caliphate cont unabated.
Their dedication to pan-islamism is rock solid. It is our idiot journos don't understand

1400 year war continues.. will gain vigour and strength. That is why a Military decimation of Muslim military states i.e. Turkey, Iran, Pakistan is absolutely essential for another 100yrs of peace to kill this renewed confidence.
Pak Army is pan-islamist except for few