A recent wikileaks posting online on their website of a huge quantity of 77000 (out of about 92000 gathered by them) classified military documents of war in Afghanistan showing dubious role played by ISI in providing vital information , material and even direct funding to the Taliban insurgents at critical moments of war while Pakistan was fighting as an ally of US-led forces has put the authorities in US and Pakistan in an embarrassing position .
Such double games are being seen as the main cause contributing to the failure of US led war in eradicating terrorism in Afghanistan .Consequently Afghanistan fails to achieve stability, build up requisite government structures and enforce the constitution to carry out development works.
AIMS OF DOUBLE GAME
Aims of Pakistan in these double game are obviously more sinister than mere over-shadowing Afghanistan.They are instead working overtime to keep Afghan society skewed towards extreme fundamentalism that can be easily subverted and employed as proxies against India or to sponsor terrorism globally.With this end in view ISI is trying hard to bargain out a role or share of power to the Taliban and Haqqani networks in the power sharing arrangement in Afghanistan after the US exits the scene. In fact Taliban and Haqqani networks are sought to be kept dormant under ISI influence that can be activated at times to suit their objectives .
The approach adopted by Pakistan basically tends to weaken nationalism in Afghanistan that is otherwise direly needed to lend identity and due place of prominence to the country recovering from instability and political turmoil in this region. Afghan President had been recently seen making worrisome quests in Islamabad for bring normalacy in his country even to the extent of conceding influence to ISI and Pakistan army over matters relating to striking relationship with various factions of Taliban and Afghan warlords.Thus weakening the authority of Afghan President in his own country, degrading the nationalistic sentiments and feelings in Afghanistan and hindering development or aid efforts from neighbouring countries like India actually run counter to the Afghan interests. Afghanistan has the inhereht right to develop as a trading hub for countries of Central Asia, West Asia, South Asia and Gulf countries in view of its pivotal geographic location and addedly, more so, to lift the people of this country and the region out of dire poverty .Afghanistan’s sovereign interests cannot be curtailed in any manner by another country on any pretext.
Impact of leaks on the course of war
US and Nato forces have taken serious notice of the double games as weakening the war efforts .Various countries have come out openly asking Pakistan authorities to do the requisite ‘ explaining” and take remedial steps. One main factor lacking in Pakistan is the virtual non-existence of civilian supremacy over army and ISI in matters connected with so called security policy and sensitive bits of foreign policy with regard to Afghanistan, America and India .The army mind looks at every prospect through the prism of war manoeuvres and strategies failing to take any call in the greater national and regional interests that may even benefit Pakistan in a big way.The civilian power has often been sidelined and army dictators have ruled this country for most period of its sixty three years of history. As a result Afghanistan has to act boldly to steer clear of Pakistan’s inherent drawbacks due to its ethnic faultlines and non existence of an enlightened civilian authority .
Pentagon’s concerns of Wikileaks
Pentagon has expressed its grave concerns at the damaging effect of Wikileaks .These Leaks provide insights into military tactics and techniques about how US protects its troops in war zones, give out information about the names of Afghan informants and as to how US military cultivates them.It thus puts at risks the lives of Afghan who had cooperated with NATO and US forces. Afghan president has thus called the disclosures of the names of informants “ extremely irresponsible and shocking” Pentagon has also directed Wikileaks to remove 77000 documents so far published on websites and not to publish the remaining 15000 documents so far withheld by them.
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