quote "CRSS official says minority of militants hold majority of peaceful people hostage quote.
so rabzon - what is your solution?
I have been debating this issue on another forum, heres what I have said:
I very strongly believe that Pakistan alone will not be able to achieve much, NATO and Afghans should do more, because I think 80% of the problem lies right there in Afghanistan.
Unfortunately no one solution will completely resolve this conflict.
Here are some:
1. Border fencing and mining between Afghanistan and Pakistans 2,500km long border.
Karzai has opposed it, saying that the fence will not prevent militants crossing the border, but will only separate Pashtun tribes and families. Karzai is wrong, several other countries have successfully erected security fences to tackle terrorism and illegal migration, India has successfully erected a security fence along its border with Pakistan and Bangladesh, Israel with Palestine, Saudi Arabia with Yemen and EU with Morocco.
2. All Afghan refugees (2.5 million) must be repatriated without any further delay.
Its a known fact that Taliban recruit many of them for terrorism inside Afghanistan.
3. Biometrics system at all border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Around 50,000 people cross the border on a daily basis through the checkpoints, so this will help check their movement.
NATO must do their part:
4. Increase their troop levels from the present 55,000 to at least 2, 00,000 thousands.
5. Increase funding and expedite the reconstruction efforts.
The status quo only benefits Taliban terrorists, the drug barons who continue their lucrative trade and the corrupt Afghan political elite.
6. Immediately eradicate the poppy fields.
The drug trade provided income for Afghan warlords, Afghan and Pakistani Taliban. In my opinion, this is the number one issue, without resolving it, Afghanistan and Pakistans Tribal areas (FATA) will never become stable.
7. Afghanistan must purge warlords and drug barons from the government.
8. Completely seal the Pak/Afghan border.
Controlling the border is a two way street. Pakistan has deployed more than 120,000 forces to monitor its 2,500km long border with Afghanistan. The troops have set up more than 900 check posts to prevent the cross-border movement of the terrorists.
9. Open dialogue with Taliban who are willing to lay down their arms.
Bottom-line is that we (US, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia) created this monster together and we have to work together to eliminate it.