Unleashing Terrorist Network in Pakistan
by Pukhtoon Khan
The Pakistani Media has again as usual,mis-quoted the recent statements of President Karzai in which he issued a forceful warning to militants in Pakistan, saying he will send Afghan troops across the border to combat Taliban insurgents. The mis-interpretation of the President's statements is done intentionally by the Pakistani media to provoke the Tribal Pashtuns against their fellow Afghan brethren despite of the fact that President Karzai has been warning Pakistan regarding cross border infiltration of Pakistani religeous and military terrorists into Afghanistan.
What President Karzai said in his statement was : 1) That terrorists from Pakistani tribal areas are entering Afghanistan for suicide bombing to target Afghan and ISAF forces. 2) That these Terrorists are [ISI-backed] Taliban whose leader is Baitullah Mehsud or Mulla Umar in Pakistan. 3) That Afghanistan and ISAF forces reserve the right to take the revenge of killings by these Talibans in Afghanistan even if Afghan and NATO forces have to chase them to their houses in the FATA. 4) That Afghanistan is also concerned about the atrocities being committed to Pashtuns in Pakistan. 5) That Afghanistan only trusts ANP among the political parties in Pakistan.
It is obvious that if the govt of Pakistan does not take any action against these terrorists entering Afghanistan but rather facilitates and trains them to do these nefarious activities then Afghanistan would feel insecure and it would be compelled to take precautionary measures for her security.
Pakistani media projected the statement as provocative and tried to hide factual position from the world which implied :1) That Afghanistan is neither interested to violate the so called sovereignty of Pakistan nor does it want to harm or attack its fellow Pashtun brothers in FATA. 2) That Pakistan is behind the suicide attacks in Afghanistan. 3) That Pakistani agencies are behind the planing and training of the suicide bombers and terrorist. 4) That Pakistan is not sincere to see peace and progress in Afghanistan. 5) That Afghanistan reserves the right to take revenge of all the suicide bombs done by the invisible hands which get activated from FATA – the land of non-local terrorists trained by Pakistani army and agencies with the help of local religious demagogues.
Let us unleash the multi-tier terrorists network active in Pakistan under state supervision .
It is a well established fact that the Taliban as well as other religious prototype groups are the products and terrorist wings of ISI. The statements of Baitullah Mehsud and Mulla Umar of Taliban Movement Pakistan are just the Pashto translation of ISPR's statements regarding Afghanistan and Pakhtoonkhwa.
The nomenclature of the terrorist network in Pakistan is as follows: 1. The planning and strategy formation is done at the GHQ Rawalpindi both against Pashtuns,Balochis or Sindhis and against India and Afghanistan. 2. The plan is executed by the intelligence agencies (ISI,MI,IB etc) of Pakistan. 3. Depending upon the geopolitical situation of the region, the modus operandi of the terrorist activities is customised accordingly. In Pukhtunkhwa, the religious parties and clerics are bribed to provide "manpower" for the suicide bombs and other terrorist activities while the more technically sensitive operations like killing of political leaders are carried out by the intelligence agencies themselves.
Religeous groups like Taliban along with the local criminal elements are guided by the professionals of the intelligence agencies to control the local people through religious authority. The network of Taliban is extended across Pakhtunkhwa regionwise in order to hijack the freedom and liberty of the local people anytime and to terrorise the people constantly.
Baitullah Mehsud in Waziristan,Mangal Bagh in Khyber agency, Mulla Fazlullah in Swat,Mulla Omar in Bajaur etc are all the ISI puppets playing with the lives of innocent Pashtuns - a nation which has never been conquered with sword but has been falling prey to the authority of religion in history. On top of it all ,the military is carrying out operations in the name of war on terror but infact killing all those among the local population who might potentially become a power to reckon with against the designs of the state sponsored terrorist activities and hegemony of Punjab dominated Pakistan army.
In Afghanistan,there is peace in all those cities that are bordering other neighboring countries except Pakistan.It is the border with Pakistan which has been experiencing political unrest and insurgency due to Taliban. The Talibans in Afghanistan – who were the product of ISI in the early 90's - are under the complete control of Pakistani agencies and plotting plans to destabilise Afghanistan in every possible manner.
Pakistani agencies export experts and expertise to the Taliban in Afghanistan via FATA.The same notorious agencies are propagating against the ISAF forces to deceive the world media on one hand and motivate the local population for "Jihad" on the other in order to justify its anti-Afghan activities.
It is therefore suggested that the world community should pressurise Islamabad so that it stop its interference in the internal affairs of its neighbouring contries specially Afghanistan. A stable Afghanistan is in the best interest of Pakistan as Afghanstan is the gateway for all the trade routes to central Asia. Based on an ambiguous state ideology and having no roots and bonds of integrity among the various nationalities ,Pakistan is already on the brink of another collapse due to the prevalent system of injustice and exploitation and therefore is fastly loosing its chances of survival.
The Punjabi dominated media in Pakistan has been falsely portraying Pashtuns in Pakistan as extremists and terrorists involved in suicide attacks and bombings due to which US is insisting to bomb FATA.
It is unfortunate that US is also mislead by the false propaganda of the Pakistani media against Pashtuns - a nation which follows Bacha Khan Philosophy of Peace and Non Violence and which is still divided despite the expiration of Durand treaty signed in 1893 for 100 years by the British and the then Afghan govt.
It is due to this ISI formulated propaganda that the innocent and illiterate youngsters from all over Pakistan and specially FATA and remaining Pashtun land fall prey to the false indoctrination of the ISI backed religious demagogues to fight against the ISAF forces in Afghanistan terming them as invaders instead of peace keeping force and neglect their positive role of reconstructing Afghanistan after 30 years of war.
The following suggestions should be considered by the US while formulating her policy regarding the Pashtuns of Pakistan.
1) The Talibans as well as other so called Islamic groups/parties in Afghanistan are ISI backed factions trying to de stabilise the govt of Afghanistan. Any soft corner for Talibans of Afghanistan by US means the instability of Afghanistan, a safe haven for AlQaeda and other terrorist groups and helping the hegemonius designs of Pakistan to install a puppet fundamentalist govt in Kabul to get strategic depth.
2) The Talibans of Pakistan are genuinely fighting against the atrocities of Pakistan army which is involved in ethnic cleansing and genocide of Pashtuns in FATA, Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.The so called terrorist activities is a reaction of Talibans as well as those who have lost their kith and kins during heavy bombing and shelling by Pakistani forces.The longer the operation gets in the Pakhtun land the worst will it get.
3) The correct way to put an end to terrorism in the region involves a two prong strategy: One for govt and another for people.
a) The Govt of Pakistan should be pressurised to stop terrorist activities in Afghanisatn using religious clergy and secret agencies for recruiting people who are brain washed for conducting suicide attacks and also to stop the military operation in Pakhtunkhwa, FATA and Balochistan.
b) US companies should invest in FATA, Pakhunkhwa and Balochistan to promote industrialisation and hence urbanisation in the Pakhtun land so that the poor people do not fall prey to dogmatic indoctrination by ISI backed clergy resulting in extremism and terrorism in the region.
