Arming the other faction

Sir, - The U.S. policy of `My enemy's enemy is my friend' resulted in the creation of Osama bin Laden's terrorist group. Had the U.S. not provided Osama with arms to fight Soviet occupation, he could not have expanded his network. I am afraid the international community is committing a similar mistake by providing arms to the Northern Alliance, which is fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan.

These fundamentalist groups, whether the Northern Alliance or the Taliban, wage war to further their ideologies and to capture power, not to serve the people. I am not against taking logistics help from the Northern Alliance to crush the Taliban but supplying them arms may prove dangerous in the future.

D. Satyanarayana Rao,

Karimnagar, (A.P.)

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