One country lobbying politicians in another is definitely foreign meddling, and would be completely forbidden if Pakistan did it in the u.s. Where do you get the idea that China “bought” the Pakistani military? As far as I know, they are generally pro-us.
Who negotiated what in Afghanistan? The Taliban won the war and gained control of the state, it wasnt a matter of negotiation.
You are not up to date on Afghan or Pakistan politics at all it seems. And foreign envoys meeting with party representative happens all the time in the US, that is basically their job. In a healthy democracy that is also not really a problem.
During the time of the Taliban takeover, the Chinese negotiated with a moderate faction of the Taliban and it looked for a while like they succeeded in pushing them into position of power. But then the Pakistani ISI intervened and supported the hard liner Taliban faction from the Haqqani network. The Chinese were furious about this and forced the head of the ISI to resign a few weeks later through their influence into the top leadership of the Pakistani military.
One country lobbying politicians in another is definitely foreign meddling, and would be completely forbidden if Pakistan did it in the u.s. Where do you get the idea that China “bought” the Pakistani military? As far as I know, they are generally pro-us.
Who negotiated what in Afghanistan? The Taliban won the war and gained control of the state, it wasnt a matter of negotiation.
You are not up to date on Afghan or Pakistan politics at all it seems. And foreign envoys meeting with party representative happens all the time in the US, that is basically their job. In a healthy democracy that is also not really a problem.
During the time of the Taliban takeover, the Chinese negotiated with a moderate faction of the Taliban and it looked for a while like they succeeded in pushing them into position of power. But then the Pakistani ISI intervened and supported the hard liner Taliban faction from the Haqqani network. The Chinese were furious about this and forced the head of the ISI to resign a few weeks later through their influence into the top leadership of the Pakistani military.
Interesting. Where did you get this information?
Mostly articles by usually well informed journalists on asiatimes.com and some background info I picked up when I worked in Pakistan a few years ago.