Responding to Kabul

Overtures of friendship and good neighbourly relations by Pakistan have been spurned with contempt by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. He has been accusing Pakistan for the terrorist attacks and suicide bombings, which have taken a heavy toll of life and property in Afghanistan. He has repeatedly threatened Pakistan with retribution and revenge for the terrorist attacks in his country. His latest fusillade of allegations and threats has upset Pakistani rulers and angered the media and public.
The government and people of Pakistan have cultural and religious affinity and brotherly feelings towards the Afghan people. During the Soviet occupation, four million Afghan refugees took refuge in Pakistan. They were welcomed, sheltered and fed by the Pakistani people and the government. Two million Afghan refugees are still in Pakistan and are reluctant to return to their homeland. It appears that Karzai has been instigated to respond negatively to Pakistan's overtures of friendship.
On July 14, 2008, Karzai accused the ISI of being behind the terrorist attacks which rocked Afghanistan, and caused heavy casualties and destruction. In an angry and aggressive tone Karzai alleged that "The killing, destruction, dishonouring and insecurity in Afghanistan has been caused by the Intelligence Administration of Pakistan, and its military intelligence institutions. Pakistani agents were behind the Indian embassy bombing of July 7."
Karzai's reckless accusations reflect an unstable mind. He is wrong in thinking that ISI is a government within a government or the Pakistan military is a state within a state. He conjectures that these vital state institutions can do to whatever they like, and are not under the control of the federal government. Such inference and accusations are wrong and unacceptable and need a proper response. The accusation of involvement of Pakistani agencies in terrorist activities in Afghanistan, and in the bombing of the Indian embassy in Kabul, must be substantiated by Kabul and Delhi. Clear evidence and proof must be provided and submitted for official and public scrutiny.