afghanistan is long since lost. emron khan is a national hero in pakistan and joins us now from islamabad. welcome mr. khan. thank you. all right. this is the highest profile politician killed in three years. tell us what the assassination means. well, it s spread a feeling of panic in pakistan because of the governor of a province is not safe and the biggest province in pakistan then who is safe? and it seems as if the government is incapable of protecting the people if it can t protect its governor so there s a feeling of demoralization, a feeling of fear amongst a lot of politicians. well, does this mean that extremists have become more mainstream, the fact that he was so vulnerable?
mainstream, the fact that he was so vulnerable? no, what it has meant is that since 2004 when pakistan started military operations in pakistan s tribal areas, extremism has grown in pakistan. the more military operations we have had, the more militants have grown and unfortunately this war on terror has created more radicalization in our society. so, when people feel that this is a war against islam, which is the general perception amongst the masses, then there are a lot of people willing to defend the religion. mr. khan, this is eliot spitzer. when you talk about the war on terror, are you talking about the war on terror that s waged by the pakistani government or by the u.s. government in conjunction with the pakistani government? well, pakistan army is
strategy. mr. khan, what would a successful strategy look like? for me, it should be talking to all the stakeholders. there should be an immediate cease fire. you can t have dialogue and at the same time military action. unfortunately, this policy is dictated by the security personnel, by the generals. it s not a civilian-backed or political backed policy in afghanistan. the key issue is afghanistan. if you have peace in afghanistan, if you can have a cease fire, get people around the table, talk about, you know, when there s an exit strategy, maybe have muslim forces, peacekeeping forces to have a government of consensus. it is the only way to go about in afghanistan. the way the current policy could just go on and on. if the united states wants to
the ral callizati the radicalization. things are getting worse for this country. i think there needs to be a change of strategy. this is not a successful strategy. mr. khan, what would a successful strategy look like? for me, it should be talking to all the stakeholders. there should be an immediate cease fire. you can t have dialogue and at the same time military action. unfortunately, this policy is dictated by the security personnel, by the generals. it s not a civilian-backed or political backed policy in afghanistan. the key issue is afghanistan. if you have peace in afghanistan, if you can have a cease fire, get people around the table, talk about, you know, when there s an exit strategy, maybe have muslim forces, peacekeeping forces to have a government of consensus. it is the only way to go about in afghanistan.
politicians. well, does this mean that extremists have become more mainstream, the fact that he was so vulnerable? no, what it has meant is that since 2004 when pakistan started military operations in pakistan s tribal areas, extremism has grown in pakistan. the more military operations we have had, the more militants have grown and unfortunately this war on terror has created more radicalization in our society. so, when people feel that this is a war against islam, which is the general perception amongst the masses, then there are a lot of people willing to defend the religion. mr. khan, this is eliot spitzer. when you talk about the war on terror, are you talking about the war on terror that s waged by the pakistani government or by the u.s. government in conjunction with the pakistani