Provisional Govt is was giving mix signals on we will solve this politically, u hold on or u stay away
That provincial governments of JUI and ANP looked at the situation only through the narrow window of Pashtun nationalism. To ANP, Taliban were their brethren.
That was too naive a thought, as was proved after ANP's agreed "peaceful" Nizam e Adl system.
Taliban problem is not a Pashtun problem. This is a religious problem. Taliban follow the most violent and deviant form of Islam. A Taliban's brother is only another Taliban, whether Pashtun or Punjabi. These fanatics will kill anyone who disagrees with them, whether Pashtun or Punjabi.
ANP learned it the hard way. But another Pashtun nationalist, Imran Khan, still has not learned the lesson.