LAHORE: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that terrorists are infiltrating into Pakistan via Afghanistan, asking the Afghan government to take action against the insurgency, a private TV channel reported on Sunday. Talking to reporters in Islamabad, the minister asked the Afghan government to seal the Pak-Afghan border from Kunar (Afghan province) to Mohmand Agency. He said activists of the banned organisations Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) do not follow any religion. Malik said terrorists wanted to unleash a wave of sectarian clashes across the country and also hinted at the involvement of a “third power” behind the ongoing terrorist activities in the country. The interior minister said one of the two suicide bombers who carried out the attacks at Data Darbar Lahore had been identified. daily times monitor
It's a real problem i think, as pressure is going off from Taliban & other groups in Afghanistan - they are looking more and more on Pakistan side as a new place to conquer to establish so-called Islamic Emirate.
After USA/NATO leave Afghanistan, it will create a huge vacuum to be fill - definitely a new headache for Pakistan's security establishment.
The possible outcome will be:
1) Pakistan will try to destablize the Northern Part of Afghanistan, so taliban & other groups get busy with themselves including groups based in FATA. By doing this it will release pressure on Pakistan security forces which are already stretched out in certain areas.
2) Pakistan will use it's influence on Taliban & related groups to take firm control of Southern/Central Part of Afghanistan including Kabul. This will create a buffer zone between Baluchistan & border area's inside Afghanistan and stop infliction from their country, hence normalizing situation in Baluchistan.
3) Hence, circle will repeat itself exactly after 20 years !
Re: Taleban Infiltrating From Afghanistan:Rehman Malik
Mr.Malik seems to want a border-ling one-way valve. Did he forget that a large portion of the taleban recruits were people that went from Pakistan to Afghanistan?
Instead of taking pot-shots at each other, why wouldn't GoP and GoA pool their resources and eliminate the threat altogether.
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