Taliban Out of Control in Pakistan
Pakistan, notorious in the world for patronising and
nurturing terrorism, has today itself become prey to it.
There is nothing new about terrorist activities on Pakistani
soil. But the way last few days, the Pakistan based
terrorist organisation Tehrik-e-Taliban has acted, it now
clearly seems that perhaps no place in Pakistan is out of
reach of these Taliban terrorists. The recent attacks by the
Taliban at the headquarters of Pakistan Army and the ISI
have in a way warned the Pakistani administration that a
nationwide mission of Tehrik-e-Taliban has started. During
last month, Tehrik-e-Taliban and its sister organisations
have carried out about more than a dozen attacks in
different important places of Pakistan, which resulted in
heavy casualties.
The attack at the Army headquarters
has really become as a shock to the Pakistani state. In the
aftermath of this attack, the army has entered its 30000
troops in Waziristan, the stronghold of the Taliban.
According to reports, the frightening fight is on between
the army and the Taliban. There are reports of hundreds of
Talibans killed in this anti-Taliban operation. Thousands of
people have to leave their homes due to ongoing operation.
While the winter season has commenced, the refugee count is
also increasing very fast. As always, common people have to
bear the brunt of this anti-terror operation.
Indeed,
the same history is repeating itself in Pakistan which
teaches us same lesson again and again that by promoting or
patronising terrorism, oneself becomes its victim. Pakistan
is facing the same truth. But continuously deteriorating
situation in Pakistan is not only a matter of concern for
its rulers; it has worried the entire world including its
neighbours like India, Afghanistan and Iran. Some analysts
are of the view that Taliban is now fully prepared for a
decisive fight in Pakistan and Afpak border. Attack of Army
headquarters, ISI office and serial blasts in a single city
are all parts of its strategy. It is not difficult to think
about the capabilities of these terrorists who can attack
such fortified and sensitive centres of Pakistan. No place
in Pakistan seems to be away from the reach of these
terrorists, who are creating suicide teams on a large
scale.
The question is that how much safe are
Pakistan’s nuclear weapons from these Taliban? Or they are
working on a secret mission of capturing nuclear weapons by
engaging the Pakistan army in Waziristan and other disturbed
places. These mentally ill enemies of humanity can go to any
extent of crime and cruelty. Therefore it becomes necessary
by all neighbouring countries of Pakistan including India
and also for President Obama to give it a serious
thought.
The members of the Tehrik-e-Taliban are
shocked by the death of their head Baitullah Mehsud. After
his death in a drone attack, the Taliban has assumed the
Pakistan state, army and the ISI its primary enemies along
with the US army. This is to be noted that the dead
Baitullah Mehsud was the same terrorist who was behind the
assassination of Benazir Bhutto. He warned her not to enter
the country. But after she came back and was campaigning for
the general elections, he got the great democratic leader of
Pakistan eliminated. Besides, Bhutto’s assassination, he
had committed many other serious crimes.
It is
strange that these people talking of Jihad, Islam, Allah and
Prophet kill the lady like Bhutto But these self appointed
contractors of Islam cannot tell whether any such act of
cruelty towards women happened during the establishment and
spread of Islam? It seems that these Taliban have setup
their own rules, according to which they are free to commit
any vulgar crime in the name of Islam and Jihad.
Kidnapping, beheading of an innocent person by armed
terrorists, earning livelihoods by opium cultivation and
arrange weapons by such money, flogging and women,
destroying educational institutions, attacking prayer houses
of people having different ideology and faiths, killing
innocent devotees are the activities of these self appointed
protectors of Islam, which cannot even be linked to the
activities of a devils’ group, leave alone Islam. In such
circumstances, the holiest work is to get the world free of
these criminals. Not only the US, India or any other
neighbour of Pakistan, in fact the people of Pakistan should
declare a war against these anti-Islam Yezidi forces. Any
step against these forces is real ‘Jihad’ and it would
be the true fight to save
Islam.
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