To the Editor:
Re
“Pakistan’s Hand in the Rise of International Jihad,” by Carlotta Gall (news
analysis, Sunday Review, Feb. 7):
The
whole world, including American officials and military commanders, is praising
Pakistan’s successful military operations in the Federally Administered Tribal
Areas. It is strange that Ms. Gall, instead of acknowledging Pakistan’s
sincerity, is somehow blaming the country — itself the worst victim of
terrorism — for the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan.
One
has to fly really high on wings of imagination to link the escalating violence
in Afghanistan with the presence of a few men hiding somewhere in Pakistan.
Her
reference to reports that Pakistan is responsible for the rise of ISIS in the
Middle East ignores the increasingly complex regional politics. Likewise, her
suggestion that Pakistan was involved in moving 300 Pakistani jihadists to the
core of the ISIS fight is far-fetched.
Putting
blame on Pakistan for every ill of the world may rather be construed as yet
another attempt to undermine the fledgling reconciliation process in
Afghanistan, where Pakistan, together with China and the United States, is
trying its best to bring peace to the region.
NADEEM
HOTIANA
Press
Attaché, Embassy of Pakistan
Washington
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