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| Abdullah Abdullah (Image: Wiki Commons) |
By Catherine Putz
Afghan CEO Abdullah Abdullah says it is.
Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah delivered a keynote address at a recent counter-terrorism conference in Jaipur, India. He’s been in the county since January 31 on the five-day visit. While Abdullah perhaps didn’t say anything groundbreaking or new, he nonetheless outlined the thinking in Kabul about the source of seemingly perpetual unrest in the region.
He roots current troubles in three periods: the Cold War, post-Cold War era, and the post-9/11 era, noting that the “failures to follow through, the missed opportunities for regional cooperation, and the continued pursuit of zero-sum policies characterize these three eras. And together they have contributed to creating an enabling environment for terrorism and its utilization as an instrument of state policy.”
Abdullah doesn’t name names with regard to which states have utilized terrorism as an instrument of state policy but the target is clear: Pakistan.
Read the full story at The Diplomat