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  • #46
    Parihaka reply

    I beg to differ.Taliban proper cannot be separated from Pakistan,at least until they win.If they win.But there are a bunch of de facto allies of the Taliban inside A-stan.The chaps tried and to a point they managed to extend in non-Pashtun areas in the last 2 years.Those new recruits are purely anti-Kabul.The result of a decade of mismanagement (and that's a word unusually kind).
    Drug dealers are another ally of convenience.Funny is that here the Taliban proper,the pure criminal ''entrepreneurs'' and GIROA converge.Everybody likes a buck.
    Beside drug dealers,there are the smaller,local criminals.Those can be allies of convenience to the taliban.Chaos favors the extortion bussiness or simple,mundane,robbery.
    Not even trying to go into what makes Taliban themselves.We'll end the list tommorow;)

    My point.Even without Pakistan there are enough forces in A-stan that guarantee troubles.First and foremost is GIROA.
    Of course, without Pakistan and their soul children there won't be any Western force,so it's a sort of tit for tat.
    Last edited by Mihais; 26 Nov 11,, 22:24.
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    • #47
      Week two of SECRET PAKISTAN: Backlash-

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      • #48
        Not knowing where to put this...

        Roadside bomb death of Pakistan Major General could derail Taliban peace talks - Asia - World - The Independent

        One of the most senior army officers in Pakistan has been killed in a roadside bomb attack reportedly carried out by the Taliban, in a devastating setback for the peace process in the chaotic territories on its border with Afghanistan.

        Major General Sanaullah Khan had just been inspecting an outpost near the border, in the Khyber Paktunkhwa province, when the vehicle carrying him was struck.

        The bomb blast also killed another officer – a lieutenant colonel, as well as a soldier.

        Maj Gen Khan was reported by The Associated Press to be the leading commander in the disputed Swat Valley, and his death is a rare high-ranking casualty in Pakistan’s ongoing conflict against militants in the north.

        A spokesman for the Taliban, Shahidullah Shahid, quickly claimed his organisation’s responsibility for the bombing, which came after weeks of discussions within the Pakistani government as to whether to continue peace talks.

        Last week, major political parties held a conference on the issue and agreed that talks should be pursued, but the death of Maj Gen Khan will make the possibility of peace more distant than ever.

        The Pakistani Taliban – distinct from the Afghanistan branch – is an umbrella group of different factions, who had previously been set for their own conference to discuss peace.

        Their most extreme elements have baulked in the past at the concept of even getting to the negotiating table with the government unless it meets certain demands – such as imposing strict Islamic law and going to war with neighbouring India.

        Taliban spokesman Shahid said the militants would not stop launching attacks while their leaders decided if the government's offer of talks was genuine.

        “If we find them serious we can talk, otherwise we will continue our attacks,” he said.

        The bombing has been met with equally steely comments from the government itself.

        The Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Maj Gen Khan’s death would not have an impact on the army’s efforts in the region.

        “The Pakistan army has made substantial sacrifices to protect the nation against the menace of terrorism and such cowardly acts by terrorists cannot deter the morale of our armed forces,” he said.

        More than 40,000 people have died in militant bomb and suicide attacks, according to the government, but with Mr Sharif’s government making better ties with India a key point of policy, there seems to be little common ground from which to negotiate with the Taliban now.
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        • #49
          The report mentions that the bombing was carried out by the Pakistani Taliban, who we know are proxies for the Haqqanis network to influence the Pakistani establishment. Something would have happened between the Pak military and the Haqqanis to make them take this step. We can only speculate, as the details of the dealings between the Pakistanis and Haqqanis is in the shadows.

          Cheers!...on the rocks!!

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          • #50
            Huge loss for Pakistan. A very honest and a competent Officer. You will be deeply missed Sir, RIP.

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