So how are terrorist and terrorist organisations functioning openly in Pakistan? No state help?
Jaish e Mohammad was founded by Masood Azhar. Both on UN list of terrorists.
In an interview in 2010 Pervez Musharraf accepted that Pakistan trains terrorists in Kashmir to force India to negotiate and its pakistan's right to do so.
SPIEGEL: Why did you form militant underground groups to fight India in Kashmir?
Musharraf: They were indeed formed. The government turned a blind eye because they wanted India to discuss Kashmir.
SPIEGEL: It was the Pakistani security forces that trained them.
Musharraf: The West was ignoring the resolution of the Kashmir issue, which is the core issue of Pakistan. We expected the West -- especially the United States and important countries like Germany -- to resolve the Kashmir issue. Has Germany done that?
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SPIEGEL: Does that give Pakistan the right to train underground fighters?
Musharraf: Yes, it is the right of any country to promote its own interests when India is not prepared to discuss Kashmir at the United Nations and is not prepared to resolve the dispute in a peaceful manner.
Thats Pakistan's former Army chief and President speaking.
Jaish e Mohammad was banned by Pakistan in 2003, it is not a state element. It was founded after
India freed Masood Azhar.
Also this same group has made multiple assassination attempts on General Musharaf the same person you're quoting to add credibility to your posts.
You're picking and choosing interviews and questions based on answers that validate your claim. At the same time you're ignoring the context and time. That Musharaf interview was in 2010, Pulwama happened in 2019. Again JEM was banned in 2003 and was in a state of war against the Pakistani armed forces.
As for Musharaf's stance, I know he's given India many nightmares. Here's his actual stance on how terrorists were being bred:
SPIEGEL: Why is it so hard for Pakistan to recognize the war against terror as its own war?
Musharraf: I do agree, they do not accept this war as their war. This has something to do with history. Please understand the reason, and you should blame the US for it. From 1979 to 1989, we fought a war with the US in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union. And we won mainly because of ISI. Otherwise, the Soviet Union could not have been defeated in Afghanistan. But then the US left us all alone with 30,000 mujahedeen brought by them. Even Osama bin Laden was brought by the US, who else? They all came to fight the Soviet Union. So, did anybody in Washington develop a strategy for what to do with these people after 1989? No, nobody helped Pakistan for the next 12 years until 2001.
We were left high and dry, with 30,000 mujahedeen holed up, no rehabilitation, no resettlement for them. No assistance was given to Pakistan -- instead sanctions were imposed against us. Fourty F-16s, for which we had paid money, were denied to us. Four million Afghan refugees had also come to Pakistan. The mujahedeed coalesced into al-Qaida and our social fabric was being completely destroyed. This is why the people of Pakistan felt used by the Americans, and this is why Pakistanis dislike the US and this war.
Where do you think these terrorists (then mujahedeens) were going to go? They looked for a new enemy and the closest conflict in Kashmir.
SPIEGEL: Terrorism, military coups, territoral conflicts -- since its independence 62 years ago, Pakistan has been in a state of perpetual crisis. But you did come close to solving at least one problem in secret negotiations with India: the conflict in Kashmir. What went wrong in the end?
Musharraf: We were close to an agreement with India. My proposal was the demilitarization of the disputed area, self-governance and a mutual overwatch. The key irritant was the line of control which the Indians wanted to make permanent. I said we should make it irrelevant by opening transit routes. And that is where the situation stands.
On the Kashmir conflict, he was working towards a solution for peace. Sadly, India as always has ignored any attempts made by Pakistan for better relations. Simply, you guys want to corner us and leave us no choice but to fight for survival.
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