>Enforced islamization across Pakistan, introducing a blasphemy law and public whipping
>Armed radical militants (Hekmatyar's gang of thugs) and built an entire network of Jihadi schools across the region
>produced weapon-grade plutonium and uranium and lied to the international community about his country's nuclear program
Why did the US support this guy again?
for the lulz
>>418844
>Why did the US support this guy again?
You can't make Americans support perpetual warfare if there's no boogeyman.
Haq creates those boogymen.
Muh Communism, as usual.
>>418844
What does it matter? Given Pakistan's history of radicalization and fondness of sponsoring terrorism against both Iran and India, its not going to matter in the next few decades.
Pakistan is literally a powder keg.
>>418844
the west flirted with Wahhabi-ism during the cold war because it is extremely opposed to socialist principles and through that the Soviet Union.
Just look at the Saud's. They stayed in power because they use Wahhabi scholars to rile up and keep its citizens in line and to preserve their rule. Only problem is that the Saudi's need to keep the scholars in line every so often.
>>418844
On the production of weapons-grade plutionium; India had first tested nuclear weapons in 1974 next door to the Pakistani border in Rajasthan, so Pakistani nuclear militarization is reactionary to actions instigated by Indian developments of the same technology.
>>419263
>Given Pakistan's history of radicalization and fondness of sponsoring terrorism
A phenomenon which began in the '80s and peaked in the '90s.
>>418844
The nuke program was started by Bhutto
>>420582
But Zia continued it while receiving millions of dollars of aid from Americans
>>418844
Was he anti-Soviet? If so, that's probably why. The US gov supported Al-Quadea back when the Soviets invaded the Middle-East because they fought against the ruskies.
Follow the money OP.
Pakistan is one of the major world suppliers of Opium crops for production of morphine and diamorphine.
There is your answer.
>>420158
They still sponsored the Taliban in Afghanistan to make attacks against Iranians and fund and arm the Balochi terrorist extremist groups in Southwestern Iran.
Their shit.
>>418856
>What is the domino theory?
>>418844
This guy was literally as bad as mandela or mugabe except this guy could run a country and not destroy it
>>418844
Because of the war in afghanistan?
He was a ally they couldn't afford to piss during the war.
And didn't India's nuclear program start before Pakistan's?
