Zia was a Jamati too. Pre-Zia or post, The Jamat philosophy is the cancer and poison Pakistan is afflicted at the moment. That TNFJ is of the same bind, shows it in similar poor light, again IMO.
Iran did threaten full fledged war against Taliban and posted several divisions on the border. They did not attack but continued arming and training their favored group like Hizb-e-Wahdat, Dostum and Masood. Iran was very much involved in the civil war in Afghanistan, which was more a war by proxies between Iran, Central Asian States on one side and Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on ther other. All parties involved their had their hand in bloodshed and perpetrated in their fare share in massacres and bloodshed. It will be very naive to beleive a propoganda line of not wanting to kill fellow muslims.
True, Shias have been target of extreme brutality in Parachinar. However, they are not completely innocent themselves. Before the ongoing seige of Parachinar began, Shia groups had attacked sunni tribesmen living in Parachinar and forced them to leave Parachinar. These people still cannnot go back to their homes. Read this article titled “Life in Kurram” by Farhat Taj in Daily News Oct 19 2009.