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There is one answer to all your questions.
The Talibans have an alliance with Al-Qaida. Al Qaida are master planners. (9/11 proves it)
Also, some of these fighters are Let veterans who have also received training from Pakistan army. A case in point is the Ilyas Kashmiri group.

Granted that we mustn't give in to conspiracy theories but at the same time we mustn't make light of the situation either ! I think some very pertinent questions could arise out of this :

1) How deep is their infiltration of the Pakistan Armed Forces ?

2) Can we afford to borrow a page from ISAF's book and bomb the sh*t out of them and their sympathizers ? Or would doing so alienate even the gullible ones into going completely over to the Taliban Camp ? And at that can we economically sustain it and the ensuing development that must follow every military engagement for anything to have a lasting effect ?

3) How in God's name is the TTP so well versed in military strategy ? How can they identity targets, measure up their significance, lay-out seemingly effective plans and then execute them with such impunity ?

4) What compelled them to change their engagement strategy from recklessly attacking some of the more peripheral military bases or outposts alongside the Afghan border into taking out strategic military assets well into Pakistani territory ? How has their strategy been streamlined so well into something a lot more effective, bold and well-thought out ?

5) If the TTP can pull off incidents like today that what does it say about the assertion that 'we've broken their back in the Tribal Areas, in Swat and other parts of KP ?'. If this is the handiwork of a spent, completely routed organization then I wonder what they'd be otherwise ? Or could it be that it was all just a bluff for them to hold out for as long as they could in those engagement so that they could move out as much of their assets into Afghanistan as possible ?
 
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Locals in the vicinity of bases should be trained to be vigilant. Paid even for their services. Until the local population is brought on board these attacks will not be stopped.
Heard this on Pakistani Forum
Something very simpler people say in India but that is about National park in order to protect animals from poaching.
Looks like Pakistan is fast becoming a Jungle.
Kiyani should retire and time to bring back Musharraf, during his tenure economy strong and Pakistan was much safer.
 
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You have set very high standards. No army in the world can pass your stringent criteria.
just got wind of this attack. damn not again. Has not the security establishment learned anything from the Mehran Naval Base Attack?

They call this a success that Pak Army defeated the militants. It is a FAILURE. A success would be if the attackers were stopped before being able to breach the perimeter.
 
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Can you give a link for this?

Indians just fired a mortar on a house in Sialkot killing several men and women. The bhartis are putting on pressure.

Pressure is coming from all sides.
 
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Heard this on Pakistani Forum
Something very simpler people say in India but that is about National park in order to protect animals from poaching.
Looks like Pakistan is fast becoming a Jungle.
Kiyani should retire and time to bring back Musharraf, during his tenure economy strong and Pakistan was much safer.

I can under stand why you are saying this? But still what you said is True!!!!!
 
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how these attacks were happened on high security areas in pakistan without any internal help in their bases?? :undecided:
 
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Yara, to be honest, you know why it is a non-news in India:

As the story is not sensational enough!

Is this what they might report:

* Talibans attacked the AF base, they all got WHACKED by the Pakistani commandos
* There was no loss of any aircraft?

Now be honest and tell me, would that sell nice in India?

A failed operation is never a big news.. You are right.. If this op would have splashed 2-3 planes, then the media would have latched on to it with a nuclear safety angle.. But still it would not have made it to popular news. Honestly, most Indians do not care about what's happening in Pakistan..
 
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Granted that we mustn't give in to conspiracy theories but at the same time we mustn't make light of the situation either ! I think some very pertinent questions could arise out of this :

1) How deep is their infiltration of the Pakistan Armed Forces ?

2) Can we afford to borrow a page from ISAF's book and bomb the sh*t out of them and their sympathizers ? Or would doing so alienate even the gullible ones into going completely over to the Taliban Camp ? And at that can we economically sustain it and the ensuing development that must follow every military engagement for anything to have a lasting effect ?

3) How in God's name is the TTP so well versed in military strategy ? How can they identity targets, measure up their significance, lay-out seemingly effective plans and then execute them with such impunity ?

4) What compelled them to change their engagement strategy from recklessly attacking some of the more peripheral military bases or outposts alongside the Afghan border into taking out strategic military assets well into Pakistani territory ? How has their strategy been streamlined so well into something a lot more effective, bold and well-thought out ?

5) If the TTP can pull off incidents like today that what does it say about the assertion that 'we've broken their back in the Tribal Areas, in Swat and other parts of KP ?'. If this is the handiwork of a spent, completely routed organization then I wonder what they'd be otherwise ? Or could it be that it was all just a bluff for them to hold out for as long as they could in those engagement so that they could move out as much of their assets into Afghanistan as possible ?

1) I don't even know where this question came from....

2) What needs to be done is being done. They are being bombed and the ensuing development is being carried out step by step.

3) Simple. How do you know of the significance of the said targets? Execution with impunity? My unattractive bottom! They got slaughtered.

4) They wanted to make a big statement. Happens when desperate. Blowing those aircraft would not have served their purpose what so ever. Bold but out of desperation. Arming 9 guys to the teeth and sending them in to get slaughtered is hardly a measuring factor in their effectiveness or them having streamlined anything. Also keep in mind that this is not a conventional military war across borders. These people come from within Pakistan. Its no feat hiding 9 men amongst the civilian population.

5) This is what routed forces do. They hide, ambush and retreat. But we didn't let them retreat did we? A spent orginization would send in 9 guys. A strong one would have at least a hundred. Keep this in mind: no one can neutralize a threat to it's military installations before it happens when the enemy comes from within. Read what has happened to countless American bases in Afghanistan. Also there are still parts in Waziristan which are TTP strongholds. No one has denied that.


For heaven's sake. I could arm 9 men and send them running in.
 
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ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has released images of the militants who attacked the Kamara Airbase on Thursday morning.

Nine militants were killed after security forces launched an operation against the attackers of the Kamra Airbase.

Several of the images released have been blurred while some could not be published due to their graphic nature.
 
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