My Dear Aziz Sahib,

 

With reference to your post #70, you are never out of turn. Whenever you decide to write, please, by all means consider that it is indeed your turn.  

Regarding the people you have mentioned whose activity was supported by the US and Saudi funds and the consequence of same Pakistan is now enduring. I totally agree with you and wish that it had not happened and the services of those so called mujahedeen or the jihadis were never used. It has opened another dimension of internal socio-political strife and no one knows how to bottle this genie which was created for a special means to an end. The end has been reached, the goal has been achieved, the purpose was met, the Soviets were defeated and sent home but the consequences of the whole exercise has left a permanent and an un-resolvable predicament for Pakistan. I totally agree with you. But do you realize, that you have cited the facts, but you have not really supported Haider Sahib’s point of view, nor did you negate mine. This means my question remains unanswered. For those who do not want to go back to my previous letter, here is the question again, in different words: 

Should someone be called a mujahid when fighting for Afghanistan against the Soviets but a terrorist, when fighting against the Americans and other NATO forces while still fighting for Afghanistan? 

Javed I. Chaudry