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Students In Islamabad Respond to Bombing Campaign

Aired November 09, 2001 - 10:08   ET

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BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: The next generation of Pakistanis closely watching the continued bombing led by the U.S., and wondering, "when will it end?" From Islamabad, CNN's Bill Delaney talking to people on the streets there.

BILL DELANEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Some of Pakistan's best and brightest, economics class, Islamabad's Quaid-I-Azam University. Wrestling with something called the Grainger Causality test, which seems to have something to do with inflation. Wrestling, too, though, this next generation of Pakistan's elite with the continuing bombing in Afghanistan.

UMARA ASFAR, STUDENT: Starting from the start, everybody was like against the terrorism thing and everything. The duration is the main problem. (UNINTELLIGIBLE) America and the world community, but we have our own problems too. The world has it consider that. And how long does this is going to take, we have, you know a lot of doubts about it.

DELANEY: Uneasiness among Pakistanis from every region of the U.S.-led coalition's most important ally in the Muslim world.

REEMA KAZMI, STUDENT: Initially there was a lot of sympathy towards the United States after the attacks. Gradually, it is like changing into some sort of a, you know, as if people are starting to, you know, they are no longer with America any more.

DELANEY: With exceptions. Papibula Nasser (ph) is from near the Afghan border. A Pashtun, like most of the Taliban.

PAPIBULA NASSER (ph): How, how to remove Taliban. There is no solution except war.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Except for bombing everybody else?

NASSER: Except to decide their -- Not everybody. America is not bombing everybody. They are targeting special targets.

ASFAR: You know, you -- you -- you -- target Afghanis. You kill them. Your innocent people died. But what about Afghanis?

They are innocent people too.

You are killing innocent people for innocent people. DELANEY: Resentment still may be harbored years from now. Though no clear solutions either, how to confront the terror all condemned.

ASSAD HAMDANI, STUDENT: I don't think it is helping anything. If they can do it through the ground troops, they can battle with them face it face, then perhaps this may be one solution.

KAZMI: Stop the bombing, period. There is no other way. Then talk to them. The Taliban are people. They are not animals.

ASFAR: Palestinians, Kashmiris, Bosnians, they want their due right. You have to sort all these problems before, you know, terrorism is finished.

DELANEY: Much unfinished business, though, now shadowing the next generation in Pakistan. And most everywhere else in the world too. Bill Delaney, CNN, Islamabad, Pakistan.

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