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While much attention has been focussed on the Iraq war, Afganistan despite the claims of Bush Administration, is rapidly slipping into abyss. Not only are the Taliban back, but the government of Karzai has failed to win the hearts and minds of Afgans. Of course, Pakistan is playing its usual double game, fighting the war on terror while simultenously aiding the Taliban.

In today’s NewYork Times, Elizabeth Rubin has an engrossing post about the current situation in Afganistan. And she does not forget the General.

Qureshi told me that he meets with Pakistan’s president, Pervez Musharraf, about twice a year. Qureshi understands Musharraf’s predicament: “The heart of this government is with the Taliban. The tongue is not.” He didn’t claim total insider knowledge, but he said, “I think they want a weak government and want to support the Taliban without letting them win.” Why? “We are asking Musharraf, ‘What are you doing,’ and he says: ‘I’m moving in both ways. I want to support the Taliban, but I can’t afford to displease America. I am caught between the devil and the deep sea.”’ (emphasis mine)

And..

Then he said: “I told you that we burn schools because they’re teaching Christianity, but actually most of the Taliban don’t like this burning of schools or destroying roads and bridges, because the Taliban, too, could use them. Those acts were being done under I.S.I. orders. They don’t want progress in Afghanistan.” An Indian engineer was beheaded in Zabul in April, he said, and that was also ordered by Pakistan, which, from fear of the influence of its enemy, India, was encouraging attacks on Indian companies.(emphasis mine)

Of course, he is talking about K. Suryanarayana who was brutally beheaded by Talban while working on a project in Afganistan. Or perhaps it would be more appropriate to say, by Pakistan?

Please read the whole essay. A long but a very interesting read.