The latest revelation by WikiLeaks that Pakistani intelligence continues to assist the al-Qaeda and the Taliban should be taken seriously. Such veiled and concealed acts of Pakistan in nurturing terrorism pose a grave threat to the international community. Serious and effective steps should be taken to halt the ISI's terror-related activities. As a first step, the U.S. should stop giving monetary aid to Pakistan.
P. Senthil Saravana Durai,Tuticorin
The Afghan war could well be ranked among the greatest blunders of all times. Time and again, reports have poured in about the nefarious deeds of the coalition forces. But the most powerful nation has turned a blind eye to them. The International Criminal Court that was eager to charge the Sudanese President with war crimes, too, seems oblivious to the atrocities in Afghanistan. If the data that appeared in WikiLeaks are indeed true, it is against the collective conscience of humankind to give sanction to the so-called war on terror.
B. Meenu,Kottayam
There is nothing surprising in the revelation that the ISI is double crossing the U.S. in Afghanistan. This was known all along but was not acknowledged. The U.S. ignored Pakistan's nuclearisation even as it supplied weaponry and money to it. Now it has become imperative for the U.S. to support Pakistan as the nuclear weapons may fall into the hands of terrorists. The WikiLeaks disclosures also confirm that Pakistan is a treacherous state and no long-lasting peace is ever possible with this country.
Manish Garg,Noida
The leaked documents on the coalition forces' Afghan war proves beyond doubt that the U.S. and its western allies are fighting a losing war in Afghanistan. Whatever the U.S. stand on the documents, the fact that its trusted ally allows representatives of its spy service to connive with the Taliban to inflict losses on the American forces is a huge embarrassment to Washington. One thing is certain — only the occupants of the White House change, not their misadventures.
G. Kulandaivelu,Panruti
The leak has vindicated the oft-repeated Indian stand that Pakistan is hand-in-glove with the Taliban. The U.S. has all along turned a Nelson's eye to terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-assisted terrorism. It has instead increased its military aid astronomically for fighting the Taliban, calling it the AfPak strategy. And the aid has found its way to the Taliban. Washington should cut its military aid to Pakistan.
A.V. Narayanan,Tiruchi
