{"id":49789,"date":"2018-02-09T17:16:10","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T01:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=49789"},"modified":"2018-02-09T17:16:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T01:16:10","slug":"hope-to-see-trump-walk-the-talk-on-pakistan-hamid-karzai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/hope-to-see-trump-walk-the-talk-on-pakistan-hamid-karzai\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope to See Trump Walk the Talk on Pakistan: Hamid Karzai"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai speaks at a session during Jaipur Literature Festival 2018 at Diggi Palace, in Jaipur, Jan. 26. (Press Trust of India)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Supporting President Donald Trump\u2019s tough stance against Pakistan on dealing with terrorism, former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai voiced hope, Jan. 26, that he will follow his words with action.<\/p>\n

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Speaking at the Jaipur Literature Festival, the Afghan leader even talked about his love for Bollywood films, music, and the Indian culture at large. Karzai said that actor Naseeruddin Shah would be the right person to play him if somebody plans to make a film about his life.<\/p>\n

Responding to a question regarding being termed \u201canti-American,\u201d Karzai, who was made the interim leader of Afghanistan in 2001 and became the first popularly elected president in 2004 following the fall of the Taliban, said that he was in fact opposed to the U.S. way of dealing with insurgency that left the country hurt and destroyed.<\/p>\n

Asked about Trump\u2019s recent statements, he said, \u201cIt\u2019s one of the few sensible decisions that Trump has taken. We do support President Trump\u2019s statement on Pakistan\u2019s use of extremism and we hope that they will take action, that they will walk the talk this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a scathing attack on Pakistan, Trump had accused it of \u201clies and deceit\u201d and of fooling U.S. leaders while sheltering terrorists. He also suspended all security aid to the longtime U.S. military ally.<\/p>\n

While speaking strongly against Pakistan\u2019s support to extremist forces, Karzai stressed that he had nothing against the Pakistani people.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, the insurgents were getting support from Pakistan, but they not from Pakistani people. The Pakistani people treated us equally like themselves, like brothers and sisters when we were refugees.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy complaint is not to the Pakistani people. I love them just like I love Indian people. The complaint is with the military intelligence establishment there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The former Afghanistan president was speaking at a session titled \u201cThe Great Survivor.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also spoke of factors that contributed to the rise of Al-Qaeda, saying it was a \u201cvery deliberate radicalization for political gains\u201d and that \u201cAl-Qaeda wouldn\u2019t have happened without the support of the CIA.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I am termed an anti-American. No, I am not. I am very pro-American, pro-western person. I am an eastern man without eastern attributes and qualities.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy opposition to America was because they were hurting Afghanistan by bombing our country, by hitting our villagers, by taking our people prisoners. We were getting hurt, we were getting destroyed, that made me against the American policy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said there had been in the past \u201cvery deep cooperation\u201d among the U.S., some western allies and Pakistan \u201cwhen they tried to use religion to defeat the former Soviet Union.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the Pakistanis and the Americans and some Gulf countries joined hands to use Islam. And the more they used it the more radicalized it became.<\/p>\n

\u201cAl Qaeda wouldn\u2019t have happened without the support of the CIA. It was them who did it. It was a very deliberate radicalization for political gains,\u201d he alleged.<\/p>\n

He hoped Pakistan \u201cwould agree to peace\u201d so that a dialog could be initiated between the country and Taliban.<\/p>\n

On Bollywood and Indian culture, Karzai said, \u201cI can possibly talk more about Dev Anand, Hema Malini, Zeenat Aman, Rafi, Mukesh than most people here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have read Kalidas, Rabindranath Tagore, and bought books on Mirza Ghalib\u2019s work during my visit to Khan Market in Delhi.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Afghan president Hamid Karzai speaks at a session during Jaipur Literature Festival 2018 at Diggi Palace, in Jaipur, Jan. 26. (Press Trust of India) Supporting President Donald Trump\u2019s tough stance against Pakistan on dealing with terrorism, former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai voiced hope, Jan. 26, that he will follow his words with action. Speaking…<\/p>\n

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