IN his United Nations` General Assembly speech, our prime minister said; `The Soviets called them (Afghan mujahideen) terrorists and we called them f reedom fighters...and now we were supposed to tell them it is no longer jihad.
That`s the crux of the problem. India calls Kashmiri freedom fighters `terrorists`. It called Bengali insurgents `mukti bahini`, f reedom fighters`.
Unlike Kashmir, erstwhile East Pakistan was not a disputed state like Jammu and Kashmir. It was an integral part of Pakistan. But, India harboured, nurtured, trained and armed Bengali `freedom fighters` on Indian soil.
In similar vein, Noam Chomsky remains in US-sheltered gallery of Latin American terrorists, extolled as `freedom fighters`.
The White House welcomed Jalaluddin Haqqani (founding father of formidable Haqqani Taliban) as a guest.
Let India not forget that Kashmir is a disputed state as per UN resolutions and the Simla accord (pacta sunt servanda, treaties are binding). India has withdrawn its special status.
A state that flouts international treaties is called a `rogue state` (Noam Chomsky`s Rogue States). India qualifies as a rogue state and should be classified as such by the UN.
