Vapnope
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Areesh, you might be seeing it from our capacity standpoint of dealing with asymmetric warfare however to me it is a war against a narrative and not on a specific group of people. You wil find TTP narrative to be very similar to "Afghan Mujahideen" who fought against Soviet forces and if Pakistani state cannot come with a clear statement or narrative and enforce it with force, when necessary, it would end up losing more people to a menace that will never die.
The problem with the asymmetric warfare is that it cannot be eliminated only using military means and requires joint collaboration of many state pillars that are justice system, police, army, crises management, psychological means, media and above all a clear narrative. If a state is willing and competent, then it needs to enforce its writ using aforementioned points. In Pakistan, we fought a bloody war with TTP and yet they continue to have the upper hand in term of narrative hence their foot soldiers are only increasing and they even get support for some factions within Afghan taliban.
I understand that at some point you will try to woo these people to drop their guns however it should not be done by going back on our narrative.
Here is my idea of negotiation with TTP,
1 - Militants who have not killed any Pakistani will be given amnesty if they surrender and take an oath not to join any militant group which harms pakistanis or Pakistan
2 - Militants who have killed Pakistanis if surrender would be given a fair trial and would serve the sentence as per the law of Pakistan
3 - Waging a war against state of Pakistan or Pakistanis will be a crime punishable by death either by courts or by military means
4 - If militants do not surrender, Pakistani state will use all means to apprehend and punish them wherever they are.
The problem with the asymmetric warfare is that it cannot be eliminated only using military means and requires joint collaboration of many state pillars that are justice system, police, army, crises management, psychological means, media and above all a clear narrative. If a state is willing and competent, then it needs to enforce its writ using aforementioned points. In Pakistan, we fought a bloody war with TTP and yet they continue to have the upper hand in term of narrative hence their foot soldiers are only increasing and they even get support for some factions within Afghan taliban.
I understand that at some point you will try to woo these people to drop their guns however it should not be done by going back on our narrative.
Here is my idea of negotiation with TTP,
1 - Militants who have not killed any Pakistani will be given amnesty if they surrender and take an oath not to join any militant group which harms pakistanis or Pakistan
2 - Militants who have killed Pakistanis if surrender would be given a fair trial and would serve the sentence as per the law of Pakistan
3 - Waging a war against state of Pakistan or Pakistanis will be a crime punishable by death either by courts or by military means
4 - If militants do not surrender, Pakistani state will use all means to apprehend and punish them wherever they are.