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Why Don’t They Cut Hands of Foreign Masters?

By Maria Sultan • Nov 16th, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look • 16 Comments

We are fedup of the statements rattled down by the likes of Interior Minister Rehman Malik that the Taliban are rented assassins and they are killing the Pakistanis on the orders of their foreign masters. He has even stopped reaching out to the victims of the suicide attacks, but hasn’t stopped dishing out empty statements.

We know that these terrorist attacks are the repercussions of the Waziristan operation, but why cannot they pre-empt these attacks? Peshawar is sorrounded from 3 sides by the FATA area including Bara Tehsil of Khyber Agency, Mohmand and Dara Ademkhel. On the fourth side, there is Charsadsa, which itself borders with the Mohmand Agency. It is natural that the Peshawar is confronting the barral of the terrorists’ gun, but there should be some method and procedure to stop these terrorists.

It also seems that in Operation Rah-e-Nijat, which is going on for weeks now in the Waziristan Agency, the loss of the Taliban is not much. The recent spate of daily suicide attacks in the city of Peshawar is just a proof of the fact that the coordination of the Taliban is intact and their leadership is able to manage their activities. The latest suicide attack in Peshawar was done by a vehicle coming from the Bara and Mangal Bagh is behind that, according to the sources. The recent TTP decision to appoint Tariq Afridi, commander of the local Taliban in Darra Adamkhel, as the head of the militants in Khyber Agency, is seen as a move to step up suicide bombings and other attacks in and around Peshawar. It is likely that Mangal Bagh did the attack to please Tariq Afridi to maintain his control in Bara.

It is very essential that the security forces should secure the Peshawar city by clearing out Bara, Dara Ademkhel and the Mohmand Agency. These parts should be given top priority, even at the Waziristan agency. Peshawar shouldn’t be bearing the brunt of the war, rather it should be the FATA area itself. It would demoralize the terrorists and it would reduce the loss to life and property. Dara Ademkhel is the main source of explosives manufacturing and supply to the terrorist and it must be dealt with professionaly and ruthlessly.

To carry out these attacks money, resources ,weapons, and help is required. A help which should be massive in nature and continuous. From where the Taliban are getting this help? We agree with Rehman Malik that the Taliban are receiving the outside help. He also passingly mentions the name of Afghanistan and India and even goes out to say that Pakistan has got solid evidences of Indian involvement in this regard. Then, why don’t they make it public? Why don’t they raise this matter with the NATO and America, as Taliban are also enemies of NATO and America? Why don’t they raise hell with India and get tough with them, like Indians did after the Mumbai attacks?


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  1. If you have time just read this article
    http://thenews.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=25567

    The last points of this report is
    “Such a situation is extremely conducive for terrorists to get high explosives and then to use it for terrorism,” an official source in the ministry of industries said, adding that the past record shows that barring a few exception most of the high explosive used in bomb blasts, suicide bombing and other terrorist activities was all locally manufactured.

    This is all accepted in all ground investigation but when ever report comes into custody of interior ministry they delete the name of local groups and write the label of foreign hands in such deadly games.

    Go and ask the police men and officers of Islamabad who are trying to catch the armed foreigner in diplomat cars but all the time uniform men from ISI HQ or plain clothes men from Interior ministry come to rescue them in front of whole management.
    So we are not in position of cutting the hands of enemies as the hands of responsible people are tied by the rope of NRO and safe exits and they are only there for lip servicing.
    You can also say for such people that so much cake so little time is given to them.

  2. Govt. and law enforcement agencies couldn’t do much unless general public stand beside the govt.

    You know who are the hands of foreign masters? Its the local resources, the logistic, the system loopholes and the empathy of public. Cut the logistic, you will find the improvement.

  3. Your last paragraph sums up what I have been pondering over for so long now……….
    Why cant Pakistan raise this issue and get it resolved? :/

  4. Pakistan cannot show the world the evidence because it doesnt exist!!!
    What is stopping them from showing that to the world?

  5. Well for start the mute response of Pakistan when India started to accuse Pakistan within hours of the Mumbai attacks is anything to go by then forget any response. When our ambassador was called to Indian foreign office to record protest without any solid evidence at that time, our government’s response was abysmal. The fact is that India is using Afghanistan to achieve cheaply what it couldn’t achieve with spending billions will not deter India from making the most of current situation, specially with meager diplomatic resistance meted out by our government. Obama has asked his war council to dish out a time table for return of american troops as well so “the game” will get more fast paced and unfortunately our diplomatic response in light of previous experience is not going to be a match.

  6. Dear Friends,

    The operation rah e Nijat was planned for its execution right from the time Operation Rahe e Rast in Swatt and Malakand was meeting its successes. There were also reports in circulation right in Mid July 2009 that Tehrik e Taliban TTP was poised to play havoc through suicide bombing at various sensitive locations and head quarters throughout Pakistan as retaliation of successes in Swatt –malakand as well as to avert the anticipated operation to be carried out in Waziristan.

    But we did see that that Operation Rah i Njat was delayed for months. But– why it was delayed?

    TPS readers must be in knowledge of it that operation in Swatt Malakand was only executed when the Nizam e adil card was tactfully used to trap TTP by operation planning command— And we know that TTP; they were trapped successfully and scum to it. This caused public opinion to change from far left to centre right even in Swatt malakand where previously most of the peoples were the TTP sympathisers. This gave Pak army the required public backing and that—- we were able to see a unique success.

    Soon after this operation—although situation was ripe to launch an operation in Waziristan and Pak Army has also got the wind of public opinion in their favour. This was duly considered…. but owning to the foreseeable collateral damages in the area and expected TTP retaliation in cities like Peshawar and Bannu—-it was appreciated that the public opinion in hand may not last that long………. The operation was postponed till the expected GHQ type attacks that July intelligence report has predicted were carried out by the TTP. It was a long wait and Pak army kept on waiting till TTP carried out consecutive attack in their desperation. Once again the CIA covert operation masters orchestrating the subversive action in our land could not gauge the resilience of people and its Pak Armed forces —-They were defeated once again that they provided enough of pretext and backing of public to launch a full fledge attack called Operation Rah e Nijat. The success Insha Allah are much more promising than our previous success in Swatt-malakand.

    Some of my friends are already talking about the damages and casualties in Peshawar and Bannu. Yes the savagery of these savages is on——the traitors that we have got among us they are in action. We know that they can even sell their nation and mother land for paltry monies and perks. Our society is very much infested with this evil. They ought to be eliminated. Our society has to be cleansed of this menace at all costs.

    Dear friends. Our borders are the lines from where our security of society starts. These border may these be physical or the ideological; there defences are very much sacred but these only remain intact till this land is able to produce her sons and daughters who are willing to shed their blood that their sprinkling of blood and only blood on these line make these line fresh and live.

    Please hold your resolve up that you are putting up and hold it fast. Let us be bold enough and stand behind our Gallant Armed forces that they are making it possible that we may live our tomorrows.

    Phalla phola rahey ya rab; Chamman meri umeedoun ka
    Gijar ke khoun; dey dey kar yeh bootey man ney palay hain

    Pakistan Paindabad

  7. Anoop,

    I am quite a fan of Anoop Jalota for his melodious voice but I tell you Mr Anoop that there is enough of evidences available but we don’t have to go to International community to make a hoo-ha the way India has been consecutively indulging in it…. Only the criminal and culprits they make such noises to make other fool… for a time being.

    These maligning tactic; they do not last long and do not hold any waters.

    India is our neighbour. Such things— Pakistan intends to resolve among ourselves only. and I as Pakistani can only say it to neighbour India:———-

    PANGAA NA LOU YAR

  8. Telling that you have proof is only for fools who trust conspiracy theories…showing the proof is what is necessary :P

  9. @ Sid
    you must remain fool as it will be good. because the day when you will be wise enough to understand things such as proof we will full fill that need of yours

  10. @Rai Azlan

    Good to know that only reply you have is, to get down to personal attacks.

  11. why do we keep living in a constant state of denial ?….first of all we have see that TTP is our own people who are behind all of this….the foreign mster may or may not be there but link will come afterwards when these terrorists have been routed out from Pakistan.

  12. Hi Maria and Khokar,
    WOW I am realy proud of Indian RAW if what both of you say is TRUE? They seem to control Bara of Khyber, Mohamed and Dharam e khel as per this post. I salute my RAW for achieving this.Just see the map of Pakistan and FATA and India is realy seem to be in control of so much area. Tariq Afridi,Mangal bagh are all RAW agents as per you and Rehman Malik. I am proud of RAW. But why these RAW agents have to wait for Rah-e-nijat to attack ISI hqtrs in Peshawar? Why RAW Hqtrs didnot ask these RAW agents to attack continously in Pakistan. I realy salute my RAW agents who supply these FREEDOM FIGHTERS OF MUSLIM UMMA through such a treacherous route from India and Afghanistan which is controlled by NATO forces who have this pakistan as the Major Non NATO ALLY fighting for NATO!!!!!!!!!I salute RAW

  13. Johann,

    You RAW of India is nothing but the vultures perching on the tree tops with their eyes of greed fixed— waiting for their prey.

    Yes they have been able to infest few dogs of ours, with rabies. They are seen in our back yard loitering—– that our forces are busy putting them to sleep.

  14. Hi Khokar,
    I hear the commanders who are fighting are asking for peace deal just like before when Musharaf ruled. If they are RAW agents, there must NO I REPEAT NO PEACE DEAL. DO YOU AGREE?

  15. Johann,

    All the stray dogs infected with rabies are to be put to sound sleep and yes effort can be made with rest of the dogs to domesticate them and adopt as pets—— but with caution.

  16. Maria, spot on.

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