Around the world Quote by Ahmed Rashid

General Zia-ul-Haq, a dictator and unscrupulous political actor, used Islam as a pretext for waging war in Afghanistan and adopting an aggressive stance towards…

— Asma Jahangir

[CIA manipulating] has its roots in internal Pakistani affairs. It's a horrible development and phenomenon which goes back to radical Islamisation under Zia and…

— Noam Chomsky

“Taliban commanders have reported the movement derives direct support from Pakistan’s ISI, or Inter-Service Intelligence Directorate, the intelligence service. One study noted, “According to…

— Douglas Grindle

“The Americans said they had no choice but to do it like that because no one really knew which side the ISI was on…

— Malala Yousafzai

“I passed by General Zia's tomb and knew that I never would have become Muslim if I was raised in this country [Pakistan]. As…

— Michael Muhammad Knight

It is now well-known that the Taliban's creation was facilitated by the CIA and the ISI as part of the 1980s anti-Soviet war.

— Noam Chomsky

The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism.

— Mohsin Hamid

In the 1950s, Pakistan allied with the United States in something called the Central Treaty Organization. We were lined up with, at that time,…

— Wesley Clark

“The founder of Pakistan’s fundamentalist Muslim movement (Mawlana Abul Ala Mawdudi) has succinctly stated the ultimate goal of Islam:          “Islam is not a…

— John Price

In 2007 and 2008, it was impossible to get American and British policy makers, or Pakistani politicians, to acknowledge that the Taliban leadership was…

— Chris Alexander

The list of American grievances is long: Pakistan developed nuclear weapons while promising the United States that it would not; the United States helped…

— Husain Haqqani

It is in Pakistan's own interest that the Afghan army is able to fight effectively against the Taliban, which is more likely if they…

— Peter Bergen