ISLAMABAD: Former Afghan Prime Minister and Hezb-e-Islami chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has admitted that India took advantage of the US presence in Afghanistan to establish a large intelligence network against Pakistan.
While writing a letter to media on the Pakistan-India conflict, Former Afghan premier Gulbuddin disclosed that India influenced the appointment of pro-India officials to head Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS), and financed operations specifically targeting Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces of Pakistan.
He further said that India openly supporting BLA and other banned organizations in Pakistan, which seeks independence from Pakistan.
Regarding the BLA and other terrorists’ groups activities in Balochistan, Gulbuddin predicted that a separate Baloch state could destabilize Iran and Afghanistan by encouraging ethnic extremism, which would serve India’s territorial ambitions. As was the case in history with the secession of Bangladesh in 1971, and the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka from 1987 to 1990, he said.
Gulbuddin added that India and Pakistan have fought several wars over Kashmir. The stakes are now higher as both countries are nuclear powers.
The 1971 war, which led to the creation of Bangladesh, involved direct Indian military intervention and changed the geography of South Asia.
Regarding the Afghan-India relation, former Afghan premier said that India has never been a friend of Afghanistan. During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, India supported the communist government and opposed the Mujahideen—a stance different from that of all other regional powers.
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“It’s time for some Afghan brothers to listen to someone who has seen it all with his own eyes”, he said.
The letter is quite detailed—about 4-5 pages long. These are just a few of the most basic and central points he mentions in it.
