Re: Identity of crisis…
I agree with the notion that extremism has increased in PAKISTAN in the last 30 odd years and especially since 911. There are groups like LEJ who are trying to push the country to a sectarian civil war but no one in taking on them.
Taleban are a reality but is the after affect of the food old jehad days.
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How can one give safe passage when fata is not in pakistans control and no government in the past 60 years has tried to bring then in the mainstream?
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did the US ask the countries of the region to secure their borders before the attack on Afghanistan?
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If we agree for a minute that Pakistan gave safe passage to afghan taleban, how can we ignore the same in eastern Afghanistan (TTP).
Has it to do something with the tough terrain on the border areas or houses and areas divided by an imaginary line?
I don’t agree that the failure of NATO in Afghanistan is due to Pakistan alone. That’s the failure of all the countries fighting there and I feel Pakistan is being made a scape goat. I also believe that PAKISTAN has already done a lot considering its scant resources. I don’t support operations in fata in the presence of fcr, which in self is an humane British law.
Pakistani policies have fanned extremism instead of countering it, what do you expect will happen if the army starts to punish the whole tribes for the crime of a few?
The dilemma that Pakistan has in waziristan is that there are two main tribes there Mohmand and wazirs. The army had already pushed Mohmands away if they do they same to wazirs (who have support base in eastern Afghanistan) the army won’t have any leg to stand on in the whole of waziristan. Now the west can all this the collusion of the army with haqqani network.
Last but not the least I do not support the desecration of Ahmedi graves.