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Terrorism a by-product of Pak's past mistakes: Zardari | President Asif Ali Zardari has revealed
that extremism was a by-product of Pakistan's past mistakes and was deliberately
created during the 1980s. He said the employment of a liberal policy encouraged
religious fanaticism and achieved of certain strategic objectives of terror perpetrators.
"What we are witnessing today is the outcome of that policy of the 80's and even
earlier. The policy of using religious extremism as an instrument of war. We in
Pakistan have paid a very heavy price for this policy," The News quoted Zardari,
as saying. Addressing a gathering at London's International Institute of Strategic
Studies (IISS), Zardari pointed out that militants and militancy were not created
in a vacuum; they have been the product of a deliberate policy to fight the rival
ideology. The free world adopted a novel strategy that was based on the exploitation
of religion to motivate Muslims around the world to wage jehad, he added. Furthermore,
Zardari pointed out that the strategy may have worked well but some serious mistakes
were also made as the world abandoned Afghanistan in a hurry and no thought was
given to its stability after the withdrawal of foreign forces. "After the retreat
of foreign forces, Afghanistan was abandoned and left at the mercy of the warlords
and the jehadis...Pakistan has suffered more than others. For decades we had to
host and continue to host millions of Afghan refugees," he said. |
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