[R-G] CIA and ISI together created Taliban: Zardari

[Anthony Fenton]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/CIA-ISI-together-created-Taliban-Zardari/articleshow/4508279.cms

CIA and ISI together created Taliban: Zardari
11 May 2009, 0948 hrs IST, PTI

WASHINGTON: In a new revelation, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari
has said that the CIA of the United States and his country's ISI  
together
created the Taliban.

"I think it was part of your past and our past, and the ISI and CIA  
created them together," Zardari told the NBC news channel in an  
interview.

Blog: Opposing the Taliban

In the interview, which was given to the NBC on May 7, Zardari also  
accused the US of supporting the military rule of Pervez Musharraf who  
was alleged to be taking sides of the Taliban.

He disagreed with the popular belief in the US that the Pakistan  
military and intelligent services still have sympathies for the Taliban.

"I think General Musharraf may have had a mindset to run head and hand  
with the hound but certainly not on our watch. We don't have a tough  
process at all," Zardari said.

Asked about the influential role of the Pakistan army, Zardari said he  
is in control of everything in the country, including the military.

"The Parliament has final say. It's the Parliament form of government
, and I am a product of the Parliament," he said.

Earlier, Zardari in an another interview had said that India was not a  
"threat" to his country and that Pakistan had moved some of its forces  
from its Indian border to western frontier to eliminate Taliban in its  
tribal belt.

Should USA be tried and convicted in international court for creating  
the Taliban?