By Aziz Amin Ahmadzai
Pakistan’s years of harboring and encouraging terrorism toward Afghanistan must come to an end.
Alama Iqbal, a philosopher and renown poet, termed Afghanistan “the Balkans of Asia” and believed that a brawny, secured, and peaceful Afghanistan could be a source of strength for all of Asia in general and South and Central Asia in particular. In Javīd Nāmah, a 1932 poem, Iqbal observes:
Asia is like a human body, made of Water and Clay,And the Afghan nation in that body is like the heart!If there is in Afghanistan, it means for the whole of Asia!But if Afghan prospers, it would bode well for the entire
Thus, peace in Afghanistan would lead to peace, safety, and tranquility across the Asian continent and instability in Afghanistan would keep the continent in perpetual turmoil.
Addressing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Ufa, Russia, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani called on all regional nations to fight terrorism in all its forms. Ghani stated that “There is a continuous flow of terrorists from Pakistan that target both countries.” Ghani’s speech was more focused on fighting militancy in all forms. He knew that militants based in Pakistan are an alarming situation for not only Afghanistan, but for the entire region.
He warned regional stakeholders that this fire of militancy can spill over toward other neighboring countries if not dealt with. “All out war is forced on us, we are fighting on behalf of the region and the world, and in this fight we need to be joined by forceful and coherent action,” he said.
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