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Then what are the likely reasons of Pakistan blaming its Army, which is already under fire, for a brutality which is not of their making.
Is it to do something with Pervez Musharraf hold in the country, I mean from American point of view or could it become difficult for Pakistan to defend itself for not staging protest against US strikes?
Re: Pakistan kills 80 Islamic Madrassa Students
disghusting..killing our own ppl ..doesnt matter if they were terrorist or taliban u dun kill ur own bros just cuz u suspected they maybe involved in ''terrorism'':( ..
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You missed my point. Their loyalty can be bought for a price with few exceptions of course.
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Thats what I mentioned, loyalties are bought everywhere, just see the present govt and its structure, the entire ruling party is a Lota, so why to blame the tribals only.
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So who bombed the madarsa in Bajaur?
Americans bombed the Bajaur madrassa
*Daily Times Monitor
*LAHORE: The bombing of a Pakistani madrassa last month, in which 82 students were killed, was carried out by the United States, writes Christina Lamb in The Sunday Times.
The madrassa in the tribal agency of Bajaur was bombed during a visit to Pakistan by the Prince of Wales amid allegations that it was being used to train suicide bombers.
“We thought it would be less damaging if we said we did it rather than the US,” said a key aide to President Pervez Musharraf. “But there was a lot of collateral damage and we’ve requested the Americans not to do it again.”
The Americans are believed to have attacked after a tip-off that Ayman al-Zawahiri, the deputy leader of Al Qaeda, was present. Local people claimed the victims included boys as young as 12 and that the tribal area had been negotiating with the Pakistan government for a peace deal. Pakistani officials insist they were shown satellite images of people training and have checked the identity cards of all those killed, and that all were adults, Lamb writes.
The Pakistani military said on the day of the incident that about 80 “suspected Taliban sympathisers” were killed in a raid near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. Speaking at a news conference, Major-General Shaukat Sultan said that he believed 80 suspected militants had been killed in the attack on a madrassa in the border town of Chenagai, near Khar. He denied reports that children had also been killed.
The attack led to a number of protests accros the country.
In an apparently retaliatory attack on November 7, a suicide bomber killed at least 42 soldiers at a military training base in Dargai in Northwest Frontier Province. The attack occurred at about 8:40 am when fresh recruits were undergoing training in Punjab Regiment’s Training Centre.
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Teenaged boys being ‘trained’ by militants
The residents of the Frontier Region Dara Adamkhel have expressed concern about the future of their school-going children who are allegedly taken to an undisclosed location by a militant group preaching `hatred-based’ education. According to the information gathered from the tribal area, many boys aged between 13 and 20 are taken for some time to the base camp of the unidentified militant group. Parents complained that the self-styled champions of morality, who have become active in Dara Adamkhel for the past few months, had taken children from schools and streets to the unknown location.
The parents and community people fear that their children may be motivated for training on subversive activities. Sources said that the group had focused its attention on schools to collect the children. Recently, two children were picked up from a school in the town. The boys came back after spending over 20 days at the unknown place. Locals said that Dara Adamkhel had become a hub of militants’ activities and they had established their presence particularly in the villages perched along the rugged mountains. The militants warned people in some localities against sending their girls to schools and asked barbers not to shave off their customers’ beards. The barbers have put such notices at their shops.
The sources said that the group had increased their activities in four localities – Bazi Khel, Shiraki, Bosti Khel and Zore Kali – where they attracted teenaged boys to take them along. “Unidentified people picked up my nephew, a sixth class student, from his school. He returned home after three weeks,” said a tribesman. “We can’t challenge the powerful extremists who enjoy all kinds of facilities. Even the local administration condones their training activities,” complained a perturbed parent. “The boy does not tell us much about the activities of his captors. He keeps silent. He has not divulged anything about the mysterious people,” he said. The sources said that the family members of some missing children had even gone to the North and South Waziristan Agencies and other areas in search of their sons. “I have searched various areas in the North, South Waziristan and Frontier Region Tank to find my child. I have also sought help from militants, but they have refused to share my worries. They asked me to leave the area,” said a father.
Re: Pakistan kills 80 Islamic Madrassa Students
Crazy militants... They deserve to be killed.