Ghiyath al-Din
Throughout history, one of the old habits of the Jews and those like them in nature has been breaking oaths and treachery, and the same holds true. And when we turn the pages of Pakistan’s own regime’s history, we find that this country has never once stayed loyal to its own word or covenant, not before and not now.
Recent developments in the region show that a country’s foreign policy can’t always be understood just by what gets announced in official statements, sometimes you have to connect the dots between events and shifting political directions too.
In the middle of all this, the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement of 2026 between Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan was one of the developments that drew the region’s attention, but as time went on, exactly as one might have expected, this process failed to turn into any stable, effective framework.
Under these circumstances, the question of Afghanistan has once again taken on special importance for Pakistan’s oppressive government. Instead of putting its full diplomatic capacity toward resolving disputes with Afghanistan’s Islamic system, this regime has, in recent months, leaned harder than before on security claims and alleged threats coming from Afghan soil, while at the same time increasing its own airstrikes inside Afghanistan.
Here a basic question arises: has Afghanistan once again become a tool for managing Pakistan’s own foreign policy problems and failures?
Pakistan’s unclean regime, to justify its own actions, usually talks about the presence of armed opposition and security threats, and has started up its same tired old routine just like before.
If Pakistan’s oppressive government’s concern really is about security, the solution should be pursued through dialogue, presenting evidence, direct negotiations, and building a joint security mechanism.
The problem gets more serious when, every single time political or security pressure rises, Afghanistan gets named as the guilty party. This approach, instead of solving anything, just lays the ground for the crisis to repeat itself. Afghanistan can’t be made responsible for all of Pakistan’s security problems, just as Pakistan can’t solve all its own challenges through military operations on the other side of the line either.
Seen this way, what’s happening in Afghanistan today can’t be treated as merely a security issue, these events are part of a bigger regional equation too, one in which Pakistan is trying to hold onto its own standing and interests amid new regional developments. Today would be the time to honor its word and its pact, except that breaking oaths and treachery are baked into this hypocritical government’s very nature, and from the very start it signed this agreement, the Mecca Pact, through forgery and deceit. Now, despite all its promises, it doesn’t want to actually take part in this pact, and it’s using Afghanistan as its excuse, but the sun can’t be hidden behind a finger, and everyone knows exactly what’s really going on.
In short, the clear message is this: if some political track in the region doesn’t reach its desired outcome, going back to the Afghanistan file and playing up security threats can’t be a lasting solution to Pakistan’s regime’s own problems.
Afghanistan too needs balanced relations with its neighbors, built on mutual respect. Security disputes between the two countries should be resolved through dialogue and understanding, not through bombing and military pressure. Being neighbors is a geographic fact, and neither country can erase the other off the region’s map.
So if Pakistan has actually learned anything from past experience, it should understand that keeping public attention busy with the Afghanistan file won’t be a substitute for reaching real accountability for its own disgrace and broken oaths. But that path isn’t found in Afghanistan’s sky, it’s found only in reforming itself and holding onto Islam, if it wants to earn back the honor and dignity it never had.
Afghanistan shouldn’t become a victim of other people’s foreign-policy failures, and Pakistan’s own progress and dignity won’t come from bombing Afghanistan either.
