Los Angeles, February 27 (ANI): Mariam Solaimankhil, a member of the Afghan Parliament in exile, urged India to take a decisive role in holding Pakistan responsible for its long-standing support for militant groups and for the risks posed by its nuclear weapons.
In an interview with ANI, Solaimankhil said India has the capacity to expose Islamabad on the international stage and press for sanctions. She argued that Pakistan’s actions have directly harmed millions and questioned the logic of allowing a state with a history of harboring terrorists to retain nuclear arms.
‘India needs to bring this up on an international platform about how Pakistan is extremely dangerous because they have nuclear weapons,’ she said. ‘How can a country that harboured Osama bin Laden and created dozens of terrorist organisations and has admitted numerous times that they’ve done all this dirty work still have nuclear weapons? They should be sanctioned; they should be held responsible. They should be denuclearised immediately. And India is strong enough to do that.’
Solaimankhil rejected Pakistan’s portrayal of itself as a victim of terrorism, describing its system as a military dictatorship that profits from instability. She accused the Rawalpindi generals of benefiting from conflict and of manipulating media narratives through troll accounts and inflated claims of legitimacy.
‘The gig is up for Pakistan. I think the drapes are pulled, and we can see the full picture,’ she said. ‘What Pakistan likes to do is create troll accounts online, manipulate the media, act as if they won, and show big numbers which are not true. It’s not a democracy in that country. It’s a dictatorship, a military dictatorship, and we know exactly what it is. Now, some people have made a business out of war, and those people are the generals in Rawalpindi.’
Solaimankhil also highlighted the rights Afghan women once enjoyed — voting, land ownership, and public participation — which have been eroded by decades of conflict and political manipulation. She said she does not depend on the United Nations or foreign governments, but looks to ‘the women of the world, especially in India,’ as potential partners to help restore regional stability and rights.
Her comments come amid rising tensions along the Durand Line following reported Pakistani airstrikes on Kabul, Kandahar, and Paktia. Both Afghanistan and Pakistan have reported casualties and accused each other of aggression.
