Arsalan
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Sir my question remains,,, DO YOU THINK IF WE STOP GETTING AID WE WILL ASK THEM AND BE ABLE TO STOP THEM FROM ATTACKS? I do not think so,There is a huge difference between TTP and Afghan Talibans and you are mixing both of them. All TTP should be killed (I guess most have been killed) and a few hiding in Afghanistan. Afghan Talibans were never an enemy of Pakistan, not before the infamous WOT, not even during it or now. I would require evidence to believe otherwise. They are a legit political entity in Afghanistan and US has engaged them in the peace process, they have a mission/presence in Doha....very close to CENTCOM...What we need is to seal our border with Afghanistan and do not allow any spillage through the porous border. No Taliban should be in Pakistan or their supporters....however if they make govt in Afghanistan, they can sit in Afghan embassy in Islamabad but that's a totally different thing. As opposed to Taliban, the northern alliance, NDS and current and previous govt in Kabul are open enemies of Pakistan. Their venomous statements embellish headlines every now and then in international media. They are cooperating with India in more than just the civilian ways. They are also encouraging ISIS to take on Talibans and the remnants of TTP have shown allegiance to ISIS. Also we need to work on reducing the extremism in our society but that can only be done when we have an honest and sincere leader as our PM...not a liar and terrorist supporter. We need to apprehend all the terrorist leaders roaming free in Pakistan like Molvi Abdul Aziz, Jaish Maulana Azhar (friend of Rana Sanaullah). As far as the strikes are considered, may i ask a question...Why did USA not do any such thing against Iran or Cuba? despite being enemy for decades...US imposed sanctions on Iran through UNO and tried to destroy its economy but no strike...why... because Iran did not allow that and international law does not allow that.
You are raising a lot of new points while i wait for your reply on this one .
As for TTP and Taliban being different, check my recent posts and you will understand. This differentiation is not done by us by the Taliban themselves. I however do not agree that Afghan Taliban should be allowed to roam freely in Pakistan. They are a evil now, we cannot make the same mistake of accepting one evil to fight another (read Taliban and ISIS here) enough with that. All these terrorist forces along with the ones you named (that i agree that we must focus much much much more on) must be eliminated.
Fair enough but your prior post lumped them together while the reality is that unlike TTP, Afghan Taliban have not made any incursions or attacks inside Pakistan. So it seems disingenuous when you claim suffering from Taliban when in reality they are still your assets and neither Pak Military or Afghan Taliban have lifted a finger to harm each other.
I do treat them both as terrorists unlike you want to think. As you yourself said, that the asset is a bit uncontrolled. That is the problem. They are bringing more harm then good to the world.
Also again i will point you to the fact (that you seem to have conveniently overlooked) that these were our assets just like they were assets of US who created them in the first place. So you think that US attack on Afghanistan was actually against TTP? (which even dint existed at that time) and not afghan Taliban since by your logic they were assets to US. This is not the case.
From Pakistani perspective, we cannot legalize/justify one smaller evil to fight and fend off a larger evil (read taliban and ISIS in this case). All terrorists need to be dealt with without discrimination.