J. I. Chaudry Sahib,

 

" Regarding Osama and others, where were you during 1980s, when these people were called the  mujahedeen  fighting against the Soviets? Did you consider them the criminals then, or did you switch lately, if so why?  [forgive me if in your books, fighting against the Soviets makes some one  a  mujahid, but fighting against the Americans is a criminal act"
 

You have addressed the above question to Haider Sahib, but, will I be speaking out of turn, if I answered this on my behalf? (After all everyone in Pakistan was and is affected, directly or indirectly,  by the so-called Mujahideen.) 
 

 I was in Peshawar in the 80s where most of the mujahideen leaders were based. And, honestly, most of us, barring the mullahs, considered the Gulbadeens and Hikmatyars and their extensions as thugs. We still do. 
 

We have yet not recovered from the damage they did to the province and to the country.
 

Aziz Ahmad

August 6, 2008