ISIS Might Have One Last Escape Route: Pakistan

[Rafael]

But how do you know what's TTP, and other home grown groups, and what's ISIS?

Also using Afghanistan as a baseline scale is really setting the bar too low. Or high, depending on how one looks at it.

Pakistan is a nuclear power and an urbanized developing country.

Surely there must be better scales!

Cheers, Doc

The TTP, ISIS are one and the same thing for us.

Not setting Afghanistan as a baseline scale, comparing the incidents of violance of last 10 years in Pakistan with situation right now. The violence is at its lowest and going further down. That includes all the so called insurgencies, TTP and ISIS claimed terrorist attacks and most importantly, kidnapping for ransome by local political parties.

 

[Cookie Monster]

Retarded article written by a retarded author. ISIS was able to gain a foothold in Syria and Iraq bcuz both were in disarray. With no solid government to speak of and caught in civil war, there was a power vacuum. This allowed ISIS to emerge and establish itself in that region with little local opposition. This is not the case with Pak. If anything Pak has stepped up its monitoring and security of the border with Afghanistan. In addition over the last decade Pak forces kicked some serious Taliban ***. So in conclusion ISIS wouldn't be putting Pak on top of its list for relocation...and if they did for some reason, it will be much harder for them to accomplish this task as opposed to this retarded author's opinion.

 

[padamchen]

The TTP, ISIS are one and the same thing for us.

Not setting Afghanistan as a baseline scale, comparing the incidents of violance of last 10 years in Pakistan with situation right now. The violence is at its lowest and going further down. That includes all the so called insurgencies, TTP and ISIS claimed terrorist attacks and most importantly, kidnapping for ransome by local political parties.

I wish you all the best and safe smooth downhill roads to cycle on.

Cheers, Doc

 

[Rafael]

I wish you all the best and safe smooth downhill roads to cycle on.

Cheers, Doc

I wish you the same. Too much fog / smog these days. Cannot ride much. My little pony is sitting on the deck all day.

 

[padamchen]

I wish you the same. Too much fog / smog these days. Cannot ride much. My little pony is sitting on the deck all day.

I've been a lazy slob since Sunday too. Its become quite cold quite soon this year. Not complaining at all!

Cheers, Doc

 

[Rafael]

I've been a lazy slob since Sunday too. Its become quite cold quite soon this year. Not complaining at all!

Cheers, Doc

I have no issues with cold. In fact I get up every morning 6 am and look outside for favorable weather conditions. But there are none. Looks like will have to sit it out this november.

 

[padamchen]

I have no issues with cold. In fact I get up every morning 6 am and look outside for favorable weather conditions. But there are none. Looks like will have to sit it out this november.

Try late nights (after the traffic thins) before the fog comes in. Just wear a buff over your nose and mouth, as the particulate pollutant levels are quite heavy then. Plus the diesel fume belching trucks n buses still running.

Cheers, Doc

 

[Taimoor Khan]

Writer fail to explain on how the ISIS managed to teleport themselves into Afghanistan, their launching pad, bypassing vast territory of Iran which lies between Pakistan and greater middle east, before they will make their "one last escape"?

 

[Pandora]

I was wondering how much effort it took for this Indian to release such a massive stinky fart from every hole of his body.

 

[Samurai_assassin]

The recent operation by Iraqi special forces backed by Kurdish and Shia militias to drive DAESH out of Mosul has so many similarities to Pakistan's push agaisnt the original deadliest terrorist group, Threeki Taliban under the leadership of the vile swine born Faz'luls who occupied the Swat Vally in 2009 and forced the implementation of his law which was occupation, death destruction, rape, kidnap, and murder. However Pakistanis and the army suffered many casualties but came out victorious building their battle harden warefare experience in the most inhospitable terrain. So many war torn nations in the Middle East can take expert advice from Pakistan as Pakistan was the very First Nation that fought valiantly back agaisnt an unknown unpredictable well funded deadly enemy who were determined to cause mass death and destruction.

 

[Thevarr]

I was wondering how much effort it took for this Indian to release such a massive stinky fart from every hole of his body.

Are you an analyst ??? served in the armed forces ??

90 % of this forum seems to be just insults hurled by the pakistanis when faced with an uncomfortable fact.. :/

 

[idune]

Here is the writer profile. He is basically a mercenary, will write anything for money.

Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Kunwar Khuldune Shahid is a correspondent for The Diplomat, based in Pakistan. His work has also been published in The Guardian, The Independent, Foreign Policy, Courrier International, Haaretz, New Statesman, The Telegraph , MIT Review among other publications. He tweets @khuldune

 

[Flash_Ninja]

Here is the writer profile. He is basically a mercenary, will write anything for money.

Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
Kunwar Khuldune Shahid is a correspondent for The Diplomat, based in Pakistan. His work has also been published in The Guardian, The Independent, Foreign Policy, Courrier International, Haaretz, New Statesman, The Telegraph , MIT Review among other publications. He tweets @khuldune

ugh, just checked his Twitter.

Its full of these pretentious and edgy articles. He even wrote about why we all apparently hate Malala on a website called the "Ex-Muslim"

 

[Thevarr]

with the last stronghold gone....the obvious destination will be afganistan to fight the taliban and secure the area close to the pakistani border and from there to pakistan. they have battle experience and urban combat exp..not to mention the attraction of controlling opium trade.

All they have to do is keep attacking pakistan to keep it busy..while the reconstruction of afghanistan into a lookout post against china and russia will be complete.

wonder how the pakistani army be able to counter well equipped isis ...i mean they have a tough time with ak wielding fighters.....these guys have some sophisticated weaponry from the west.......not to mention this will force more troops to the other side of the border than facing india.......besides with the pakistanis going into default soon...and china not fast enough to invest...or give free money...and india surrounding pakistan.........

it will have to go back to begging before the west......and this time...the boot will come down hard on the face....thats how geopolitics work. :/

Oh and if china or russia helps pakistan......it will affect them economically..and both regimes are suffering under some heavy western sanctions....especially since afghan/pak is close to iran/russia and china and all 3 have oppressed muslims and lightly populated close to their border...

China is pakistans only savior.....but in time they will have the whip that we had....they will convert pakistan into their bread basket for china...since a large part of their agricultural lands have been polluted beyond use...just like the many african countries have been exploited and destroyed..just check congo mining by the chinese...lolz....s.....

oh and say goodbye to your nukes within the next 2 decades.

there are NO free lunches in geopolitics.

 

[Imran Khan]

with the last stronghold gone....the obvious destination will be afganistan to fight the taliban and secure the area close to the pakistani border and from there to pakistan. they have battle experience and urban combat exp..not to mention the attraction of controlling opium trade.

All they have to do is keep attacking pakistan to keep it busy..while the reconstruction of afghanistan into a lookout post against china and russia will be complete.

wonder how the pakistani army be able to counter well equipped isis ...i mean they have a tough time with ak wielding fighters.....these guys have some sophisticated weaponry from the west.......not to mention this will force more troops to the other side of the border than facing india.......besides with the pakistanis going into default soon...and china not fast enough to invest...or give free money...and india surrounding pakistan.........

it will have to go back to begging before the west......and this time...the boot will come down hard on the face....thats how geopolitics work. :/

Oh and if china or russia helps pakistan......it will affect them economically..and both regimes are suffering under some heavy western sanctions....especially since afghan/pak is close to iran/russia and china and all 3 have oppressed muslims and lightly populated close to their border...

China is pakistans only savior.....but in time they will have the whip that we had....they will convert pakistan into their bread basket for china...since a large part of their agricultural lands have been polluted beyond use...just like the many african countries have been exploited and destroyed..just check congo mining by the chinese...lolz....s.....

oh and say goodbye to your nukes within the next 2 decades.

there are NO free lunches in geopolitics.

ohhh what a sweet dream you guys have some time taliban some time secterians and then USA and now ISIS will finish pakistan .