New call of apprehension and AfPak ties
One hopes it’s not a box though a new apprehension attacks opposite a nation bear an supernatural similarity to pre-Zarb-e-Azb days when Pakistanis were butchered in a streets, inside mosques, etc with impunity. It seems a new collection of bombers are prepared to wreak massacre on a cities and towns again. As of today, terrorists have killed some-more than a dozen people in attacks travelling from Karachi, Quetta to Lahore and beyond. As adults see a repeat of attacks that were all too common before a summer of 2014, they are wondering if there are dim days ahead. Our Frankenstein — a Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan might have been distant to some border though it is clearly not out completely. Many of a factions still have a complement in place that is permitting them to lift out these attacks to everyone’s shock. This brings to a front a emanate of protected havens for terrorists inside beside Afghanistan, an oft-repeated and habitually-ignored complaint. So in an approaching development, Pakistani authorities told their counterparts in Afghanistan that a use of their domain to lift out attacks inside Pakistan is unacceptable. Vital information was exchanged though to no avail.
There’s no doubt that a emanate of terrorism can't be resolved by one nation alone. With a apprehension network sketch financial, logistical and ideological support from opposite countries, a concurrent bid by all stakeholders is an apparent prerequisite. But notwithstanding incurring countless losses, Pakistan and Afghanistan — a misfortune terrorism-hit countries in a segment — are nonetheless to come adult with a complement of effective government to forestall these attacks from happening. In a scripted response, they both credit any other of ancillary terrorism post an conflict and afterwards it’s business as usual. For anti-terrorism strategies to truly work, both Pakistan and Afghanistan need to mislay distrust from their attribute and work together with sincerity. Until then, we will continue losing trusting lives to terrorists.
Published in The Express Tribune, Feb 17th, 2017.
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