Islamabad, August 25(ANI): Pakistan, which considers the Afghan Taliban to be its strategic assets, must think 'rationally' that the group may aid and abet the local Taliban following US troops withdrawal in Afghanistan, an editorial in a Pakistani newspaper has warned.
There is no denying that Pakistan has suffered a lot in the war on terror, but then it can also not be denied that from the very beginning of the war on terror, General Pervez Musharraf's regime "tried to hoodwink the world by overtly and covertly supporting the Taliban," the Daily Times editorial said.
"Pakistan thinks of the Afghan Taliban as its strategic assets. What we have failed to realise is that there is no distinction between the 'good Taliban' and the 'bad Taliban' as they are all one and the same," it pointed out.
The editorial warned that if Pakistan's military establishment thinks that the local Taliban are the sole enemies of Pakistan, they are in for a surprise.
"There is no guarantee that the Afghan Taliban will not aid and abet the local Taliban post-troops withdrawal in Afghanistan. It is time that our military establishment thinks rationally for once," it said.
"Terrorists operating on our soil have wreaked enough havoc inside Pakistan. This country cannot survive if action against the terrorists is not taken," it added. (ANI)
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