I have searched about 1948 war of kashmir on internet and found that tribals are described to be indulging in loot, murders and rapes while in our text books tribals are appreciated for helping their kashmiri muslim brothers and playing main role in liberating azad kashmir. How much it true? Were tribals really involved in these atrocities?
Mainly wazirs and mehsuds from FATA joined kashmir war. I checked some books about waziristan operations by british authors and found that in the past wazirs and mehsuds used to loot merchant caravans to and from afghanistan for their living, they also used to attack neighbour pashtun tribes for plunder. British were weary of their attacks on tank and bannu. Infact first british operation against wazirs started on request of dawars, a weaker and peaceful tribe in north waziristan, they were sick of waziri attacks on them.
In ayub khan 60s times wazirs attacked bannu and expelled all bannuchis from it, they plundered bannu. Marwats and bannuchis then fought back and recovered back bannu from them and pushed them back to their hills, so i understand if tribals have looted in kashmir but rapes? Rapes is unimaginable in tribal areas and it never happens. war. I checked some books about waziristan operations by british authors and found that in the past wazirs and mehsuds used to loot merchant caravans to and from afghanistan for their living, they also used to attack neighbour pashtun tribes for plunder. British were weary of their attacks on tank and bannu. Infact first british operation against wazirs started on request of dawars, a weaker and peaceful tribe in north waziristan, they were sick of waziri attacks on them.
In ayub khan 60s times wazirs attacked bannu and expelled all bannuchis from it, they plundered bannu. Marwats and bannuchis then fought back and recovered back bannu from them and pushed them back to their hills, so i understand if tribals have looted in kashmir but rapes? Rapes is unimaginable in tribal areas and it never happens.
