“It's no secret what Pakistan's been doing with the Taliban”
By
Clara Heyworth
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30 July 2010
In the wake of the WikiLeaks scandal, Tariq Ali comments on Pakistan's role in the war in Afghanistan for the Guardian:
It's hardly a secret that Pakistan never totally abandoned the Taliban after 9/11. How could they? It was Islamabad that had organised the Taliban's retreat from Kabul so that the US and its allies could take the country without a fight. The Pakistani generals advised their Afghan friends to bide their time.
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If you are interested in Pakistan you should also check out Tariq Ali's comments on the latest wreckage visited upon Pakistan by climate change in the London Review of Books, Vol. 32 No. 18 · 23 September 2010. It is entitled, ‘What does one do?’ Here is the opening quote:“As if everyday life in Pakistan weren’t dispiriting enough, last month the swift and turbulent Indus burst its banks and swathes of the country disappeared under water. Divine punishment, the poor said, but they were the ones who suffered. Allah rarely targets the rich. As the floods came and the country panicked, its president fled the bunker and went on a tour of inspection to France and Britain.”Unfortunately, you have to be a subscriber to read the whole text but it is definitely a stirring and informative piece.
