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Times of India: Don’t Repeat the Same Old Mistakes

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Don’t Repeat the Same Old Mistakes

http://www.mosharrafzaidi.com/2010/04/11/times-of-india-dont-repeat-the-same-old-mistakes/

http://bit.ly/aI4X9V or http://bit.ly/bA7YHc

April 10, 2010
by Mosharraf Zaidi

How should India react to Afghan president Hamid Karzai’s newfound love for Pakistan and his increasing belligerence toward the US? Perhaps there is only one rule that should guide Indians when it comes to President Karzai and his heartbreaking country. Stop repeating mistakes of the past.


For more than eight years, India has followed America’s numerous mistakes in Afghanistan. Most notable among these was the advocacy of Hamid Karzai’s corrupt and incompetent Northern Alliance government as some kind of a Nehruvian godsend for the Afghan people. Newsflash: The campaign to paint him as an unstable, unreliable and deeply compromised leader may be relatively fresh, but Karzai’s administration has always been corrupt and incompetent.

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Read the entire article at The Times of India website: http://bit.ly/aI4X9V or http://bit.ly/bA7YHc

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2 Responses to “Times of India: Don’t Repeat the Same Old Mistakes”

  1. I disagree with the notion of disengaging major powers sin south Asia in the process of rehabilitation of Afghanistan. If all the economic giants of south Asia collaborate with each other, it can serve as an ice-breaker between two countries.

    Posted by Yasir Qadeer | 12. Apr, 2010, 1:15 pm

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