1. Troops =/ innocent civilians. Faujis sign up for their job, civilians don't most of their situation is out of control.
True, tragedies of a conflict
2. Drug production was in Afghanistan, Pakistan gov officials were complicit in border smuggling in Afghanistan and Iran.
3. Kidnapping money made its bank mostly in Karachi. PPP and MQM were in on this too.
This was happening for decades so that's not what braught changes to fata
American invasion and insurgents escaping from that war resulted in killings of local leaders, zero law and order leading to troops showing up in FATA to control the foreign fighter inflow, 2003, 2004 before TTP troops were dying in the dozens
TTP became big after laal masjid and drone strikes but this was not in isolation - this is the point
Yes because FATA was designed to be that way, it was an autonomous region which was agreed upon in 1947.
Highly Doubt anyone to this day would want to change FATA autonomy if it wasn't for security threats
You can argue about the security risks, however as noted in the TCM series the failure and complicity of the Pakistan Army to prevent civillian casualties will always leave holes and pockets of hatred. This is why there has been an insurgency in Balochistan for the past 70 years and the insurgency in Waziristan doesn't seem to end.
can understand army going in and doing operation as necessary and will continue to do so
but drones were wrong move made by a politically week dictator trying to survive, will be a checkered spot
80% of our problem is lack of true democracy
"We will teach our children to take revenge"
Americans or Musharraf for signing such a deal
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