Cheer in Pakistan over Taliban seize of Kabul can be short-lived: Ex-CIA Director General David Petraeus

Former CIA director General David H Petraeus (File)Former CIA Director General David H Petraeus mentioned any “cheer in Pakistan” over the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan could be short-lived.

Speaking on the nineteenth version of the India Today Conclave, David Petraeus, mentioned the state of affairs in Kabul was heartbreaking because the Afghan folks have been struggling as soon as once more below the Taliban, which has an extremist interpretation of Islam.READ | Details of India Today Conclave 2021″Pakistan could not take control of the territory of the very organistaions that were making life difficult for the people and Afghan forces. Pakistan will have millions of Afghan refugees on its soil as it did 20 years ago. It will be difficult for Pakistan as their financial condition is not good,” David Petraeus mentioned. Former CIA Director General David H Petraeus on the nineteenth version of the India Today Conclave (Photo by Rajwant Rawat)David Petraeus mentioned the Afghan folks have been gazing a humanitarian disaster because the financial system had collapsed and assist had dried down.”A very cold, dark and hungry winter lies ahead for Afghanistan and its people. There has been persecution of minority population, most of whom are ethnic Hazaras. Taliban fighters are going house-to-house to hunt those who worked with the US and Afghanistan governments,” mentioned David Petraeus.Petraeus was appointed by former President George W Bush to go multinational forces in Iraq (2007-08) and later served as commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan (2010-11). He was later director of the Central Intelligence Agency (2011-12).On August 15, the Taliban took management of the capital metropolis of Kabul and declared that the warfare in Afghanistan was over and rechristened the nation because the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The improvement got here after a weeks-long blitz that noticed provinces fall like a pack of playing cards to the insurgents amid the exit of US troops.David Petraeus additionally hinted that there have been variations between the Taliban and Haqqani community. “Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, co-founder of Taliban, is not in Kabul. The Haqqanis are controlling Kabul and East Afghanistan. The Haqqani outfit is also not going to accept orders from Islamabad. This will continue to be a chaotic scene,” David Petraeus mentioned.Last month, reviews had surfaced that Baradar was injured in a combat with the Haqqani faction in Kabul. Reports additionally mentioned the Taliban are embroiled in an intense power-struggle between Mullah Baradar and Anas Haqqani, the brother of Haqqani Network chief Sirajuddin Haqqani.He additionally mentioned the main target of the Joe Biden administration and US allies was a complete method to China to make sure there was no miscommunication and coordinate on points just like the Covid-19 pancdemic, financial restoration and local weather change. David Petraeus additionally mentioned the Biden administration would stop any conflict with China within the Indo-Pacific area.