Ayesha Ijaz Khan
@ayeshaijazkhan
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Mom to twins. Lawyer. Opinion Columnist. Formerly worked for 🇺🇸 law firm, Sidley & Austin, and 🇵🇰 law firm, Haidermota & Co. Tweet mostly on 🇵🇰.
London, UK
Joined February 2010
My oped in The Nation today: “Although key Western governments have continued to ally themselves with Israel, the drastic drop in public approval of Israeli actions has made that position increasingly untenable for many countries.”
nation.com.pk
It has been two years since Hamas attacked Israel and killed about 1,200 people. Since then, public opinion in the West has shifted from highly sympathetic to
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He is courageous and single-minded. He has also taken a 180 on Establishment support for both Imran Khan and the Taliban. Some pretty good qualities. The only problem is too much of these and you can get recklessness, which then becomes problematic. Let's see how it goes....
Hate him or love him but Asim Munir will be remembered as the first general who did not shy away from striking deep inside India, Afghanistan, and Iran when Pakistan was unnecessarily poked. The chief who swiftly restored deterrence at every border.
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Challo, relieved to know all that mantra about Afghans being natural warriors was just a misinformation campaign run by the ISI, and they didn't really know how to hold a gun till they were taught by their southern neighbour.
I'm not surprised, honestly. This was expected. Because Afghanistan's myth of "Graveyard of Empires" was in reality a script the ISI's Information & Media Directorate amplified through global media as part of a psyop to break the morale of Soviet troops and shape the narrative
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Is this the same grandson who once wrote about his visit to Hooters as some cultural experience?
@MoeedNj Yes. The day I saw that gen Zia's grand son owns the biggest art gallery in UAE I haven't slept properly since that day.
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Iran is grateful for President El-Sisi's invitation to attend the Sharm El-Sheikh Summit. While favoring diplomatic engagement, neither President Pezeshkian nor I can engage with counterparts who have attacked the Iranian People and continue to threaten and sanction us. Having
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No it doesn’t. Though I do not like his tweet either, nobody in Pakistan uses the term Afghan for Pashtuns of Pakistan. May be the case historically, in early days after partition, but hasn’t been for a long time now.
Racism comes so easy to such bigots. They also know very well that using the term Afghan includes the Pashtuns of Pakistan as well.
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When it was Najibullah we called him an atheist communist who was a slave to Soviet powers. We kept on supporting the worst actors in Afghanistan (from Hekhmatyaar to the Taliban to the Haqqanis)
For over 30 years,rightwing Urdu media, intellectuals, political leaders & pro-Pindi lobbies sold the nation the "chooran" that Taliban are a divinely-inspired holy force fighting a cosmic good-vs-evil battle in the name of Islam. That chooran cost Pakistan almost 100,000 lives.
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Some of the most patriotic ppl i personally know are Pakistani pashtuns...they are proud of their daughters, send them abroad to study, support their decision to work and live their lives in Pakistan, are happy to let them marry whichever ethnicity they choose.
Also you’re crazy if you think the Pakistani Pashtuns actually ascribe to the ideology of the Taliban. You must be crazy to think they’ll willingly allow gender apartheid when the area is making so much positive steps towards female empowerment let alone the economic benefits of
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So cute to see those who kept telling us there’s a “good Taliban” and a “bad Taliban” now turn around to say they are all bad Taliban. We know! You are a good 15-20 years late busters!
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Speaking of Taliban supporters, where’s Asif Ghafoor these days?
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It’s easy to go rah-rah at the outset. Only later we find out if intended targets were hit or not and what the collateral damage was. This is true for all military action. Taken anywhere in the world.
If the excessive use of force is against High Value Targets & Taliban / TTP leadership then we mustn't hesitate! This is the first time we have the opportunity to give a massive blow to these takfiri Murtad & Khawarij mullahs since Zarb-e-azb Literally golden opportunity
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I have no argument with that. I am not against the use of force when there is aggression from the other side. But use of force should never be excessive or disproportionate. It should be based on very good intelligence and very targeted and measured. And screams of “annihilate”
The only bombing that will work is precision bombing (HVTs & entire leaderships both political & military) And some economical targets to neutralize any sort of funding and logistical support Carpet bombing only led to further radicalism and is a clear violation of Islamic laws
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What a sinister aim!
I don't think we'll achieve zero cross border terrorism, either. So we'll keep banging them and keep our troops battle hardened. Too much peace weakens troops and rusts their skills, after all.
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Most generals supported this policy. Until two years ago. So that includes Imran Khan’s time and the time before that. PML-N used to be only marginally less supportive of Taliban than Imran. Shahbaz once infamously told them that as long as they spare Punjab he’s ok with them.
Under who's government? Who was the DGISI that was appointed by PM? Who was the army chief that let it happen since most democratic and sudhra hua admi due to same page ?
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Pakistani women raised their voices much before Indian women but nobody listened to them. And whatever one may think of Malala today, she was shot by the Taliban for going to school, remember?
Good, all women Globally should raise their voices against the Taliban Terrorists. Well done Indian women. @BDUTT
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That is the time when the infiltration of Talibans began from tribal borders, the tribal Maliks were killed & it's the same region where we still see unrest. Thousands of people were displaced to fight WoT.
The time to go after the Taliban was when the US had asked us “are you with us or against us?” And we had answered, “We are with you.” And when there was a government in Afghanistan that wanted us to stop supporting the Taliban.
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Nobody can guarantee anything with the Taliban. But I’m also not keen on how it’s being handled. We just got ourselves in this terrible mess.
The recent armed hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan should be resolved through a dialogue process mediated by a Muslim country, capable of guaranteeing an end to the proxy war originating from Afghanistan.
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The time to go after the Taliban was when the US had asked us “are you with us or against us?” And we had answered, “We are with you.” And when there was a government in Afghanistan that wanted us to stop supporting the Taliban.
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1. I never said diplomacy is the answer. I don’t even think Taliban are capable of diplomacy. But if you ever get your points met please do let me know. Coz I think you’re just dreaming.
Diplomacy is only possible after a hard, brutal, and consistent show of strength. 1: PTI must stop supporting Taliban and must serve Pakistan. 2: Durand line must be recognized by Afghanistan. 3: Zero cross-border terrorism. 4: Return of all Afghan refugees to Afghanistan.
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Nobody is innocent. Not Afghans and not Pakistanis. And least of all the Taliban. But calling someone “namak haram” is arrogant and un-called for as Muslims believe rizk is from Allah.
@ayeshaijazkhan Namak haram afghanis are not innocent ...they have just sucked Pakistan dry and stabbed it in the back ..there is total consensus in exterminating taleban and if they are any sympathizers they are traitors and deserve no quarters and should be treated as enemy combatants...
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@ayeshaijazkhan You are on the right side of history as you have been all along. As someone coming from the virtually perennial restive trial belt of KP, a vast majority of people here don't view any hostile engagement with Afghanistan favourably no matter who is at the helm in Kabul.
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