If you enjoy the content at iBankCoin, please follow us on TwitterKABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said if the United States and Pakistan ever went to war, his country would back Islamabad, drawing a sharp rebuke Sunday from Afghan lawmakers who claimed the country’s top officials were adopting hypocritical positions.
The scenario is exceedingly unlikely and appears to be less a serious statement of policy than an Afghan overture to Pakistan, just days after Karzai and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Islamabad must do more to crack down on militants using its territory as a staging ground for attacks on Afghanistan.
“If fighting starts between Pakistan and the U.S., we are beside Pakistan,” Karzai said is an interview with private Pakistani television station GEO that aired Saturday. “If Pakistan is attacked and the people of Pakistan need Afghanistan’s help, Afghanistan will be there with you.”
He said that Kabul would not allow any nation, including the U.S., to dictate its policies.
Both Washington and Kabul have repeatedly said Pakistan is providing sanctuary to militant groups launching attacks in Afghanistan.
now that is money, dead & injured troops, well spent
Not our troops.
Oops, I’m an idiot, thought we were talking about Libya for a second. Lol.
Yes, a total waste of funds apparently. Next time we send in nukes, not people.
Means nothing. Karzai has a tendency to ‘shoot from the hip’ and give random answers to hypotheticals. When vetted by his aids (including the US gov’t) he often changes his mind. This is a non-issue.