Muslim nations should band together to boycott Western countries if they fail to criminalise “insulting” the Islamic prophet Mohammed, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday. Amid growing tension between Pakistan and France over the controversy of supposedly blasphemous cartoons satirising Mohammed, Khan has called for a coalition of 50 Muslim countries to launch a trade war against countries that hide behind “freedom of speech”. “When 50 Muslim countries will unite and say this, and say that if something like this happens in any country, then we will launch a trade boycott on them and not buy their goods, that will have an effect,” the Pakistani leader said per Al Jazeera. “We need to explain why this hurts us, when in the name of freedom of speech they insult the honour of the prophet,” Khan added. In comments reported by the Pakistani newspaper The Nation , the Prime Minister said that the “West does not understand,” saying: “They do not even love the prophets the way we do with our Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him). Even, they are not attached to religion (the way we are). They will have to be made it understood.” PICS: Anti-French Riots Sweep Swathes of Pakistan https://t.co/tItRJ7FybC — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) April 16, 2021 Over the past week, anti-French riots have engulfed Pakistan, resulting in the death of police officers, some of whom were taken hostage by radical Islamists. In response, the French embassy called on citizens in the country to flee Pakistan out of safety concerns. The radical Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) faction in the country, the driving force behind the riots, was banned by the government last Wednesday. The TLP has reportedly called off further demonstrations as it awaits a possible expulsion of the French ambassador by the country’s parliament. Khan has come out in opposition to the move, claiming that it would only serve to hurt Pakistan economically, predicting ...
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From exit strategy to exit timetable in Afghanistan
Many experts were shocked by President Biden Joe Biden Obama, Clinton reflect on Mondale's legacy Biden, Harris commend Mondale in paving the way for female VP Mondale in last message to staff: 'Joe in the White House certainly helps' MORE ’s decision to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, 2021. NATO and partner forces, which now outnumber U.S. forces, also will depart. Citing changes in the spread of terrorism and the need to redeploy forces elsewhere, the president declared “that it is time to end America’s longest war. It’s time for American troops to come home.” His statement reflected frustration with bringing the war to a conclusion, but the Washington Post called it “ the easy way out .” Biden went from conditions-based policy to calendar-based policy. As in the Vietnam and Iraq wars, what started as an exit strategy once again has become an exit timetable. A U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan will not end the “forever war.” It will accelerate the fighting and impede peacemaking. In some months, major cities likely will fall to the Taliban and a humanitarian disaster may follow. Advances in health and education are at risk. Human rights, and especially the rights of women, likely will suffer. A future humanitarian or military disaster will fall on Biden’s head. Such blame will be totally unfair because former Presidents Obama and Trump started out to do more, but lost patience. Obama increased forces to 100,000 but brought them down to 8,000 before he left office, even though the Taliban had grown more ambitious during his second term. ADVERTISEMENT Trump first reinforced U.S. forces, but then he pursued an exit strategy with the Taliban that bypassed our allies in Kabul . His team signed a peace deal with the Taliban where we agreed to fully withdraw U.S. forces by May 2021 in exchange for a pocketful of unverifiable promises. Compounding his problems, Trump later tried to zero out U.S. forces ...
