More than half of Pakistanis, 55%, favor Taliban rule in #Afghanistan, shows @GallupPak survey. Only 25% unhappy. There are apparently 4 categories of Pakistanis when it comes to their views vis-a-vis Taliban takeover of the neighboring country👇[thread]
thenews.com.pk/amp/891487-55p… First group, which is the largest, supports Taliban govnt in #Afghanistan because they consider Taliban as pro #Pakistan and anti #India. It includes a good chunk of highly educated urbanized people, pro-establishment and those influenced by state propaganda.

پاکستان میں غالبا چار قسم کے لوگ ہیں:
پہلا گروہ، جو کہ اکثریت ہے، افغانستان میں طالبان کے قبضے پر خوش ہے۔ انکے مطابق طالبان پاکستان کا دوست اور بھارت کا دشمن ہے۔ ان میں کافی پڑھے لکھے انگریزی بولنے والے لوگ بھی ہیں۔ انکے مطابق افغانستان میں صرف پاکستان دوست حکومت ہونی چاہئیے۔ دوسرا گروہ مذہبی لوگوں کا ہے جنکا ہمیشہ سے یہ خیال رہا ہے کہ پاکستان اسلام کے نام پر بنا تھا لیکن شریعت کا نفاذ نہیں ہوا۔ یہ لوگ مذہبی لحاظ سے طالبان کی امارت کے حامی ہیں اور پاکستان میں اسی طرح کا نظام چاہتے ہیں۔ اب انکو امارت اسلامی کے قیام میں امید کی کرن نظر آرہی ہے۔

I’m not a fan of Amrullah Saleh. He’s blocked me on Twitter, for no reason. He became the victim of his own tongue. He used to badmouth his revivals and opponents, including Mr Ghani until becoming his VP (against Tajik leadership).
But it is sad to see a vile Talib trolling him. It would have been much better for Saleh to talk little. He made a lot of enemies, internal and external, through unnecessary statements. And realized very late that Ghani had kept him away from important decision-making and did not even inform him before he fled the country.

#Hazaras of #Afghanistan (thread):
They are the country’s 3rd largest ethnic group. There has never been a census based on ethnicity. They are estimated to constitute about 20% of the population, though Hazaras themselves claim between 25-30%. Predominantly #Shia +Sunni, Ismaili #Hazaras speak Persian (Dari) and are arguably considered to be genetically Turk-Mongol with central Asian features. Predominantly dwelling in central #Afghanistan, called Hazarajat (the land of Hazaras) They also dwell in #Pakistan’s Balochistan and #Iran.

So Taliban have blown up slain #Hazara leader Abdul Ali Mazari’s statue in Bamiyan. Last time they executed him, blew up the giant statues of Buddha and all historical and archeological sites.

Too much of ‘general amnesty’.