Plz answer someone, I am unable to fathom how come they can kill five of ours from across the border without coming into notice first?
@farhan_9909 @Signalian plz help find us answer.
The story is a lot bigger.
A few months back, when Taliban were taking over Afghanistan, many members here on PDF were happy that Taliban were coming in power. I had mentioned even then that If Pakistan strikes a deal with Taliban against TTP, then the Taliban takeover is in Pakistan's favor. I dont know if such a deal was struck or not, however a ceasefire took place for a few days after which the attacks on Pakistan troops intensified.
Does it seem to you that Taliban in Afghanistan care about Pakistan's interests ?
Secondly, a few pages in the start of this thread compare era's of Kiyani, Raheel and Bajwa. They dont consider the fact that major turning point was NATO controlled Afghanistan and then Taliban controlled Afghanistan, which directly affected tenures of COAS. Bajwa's tenure has seen this change, not Kiyani or Raheel. So comparing these tenures is absurd. The average minds cannot comprehend this. They need to blame someone at the top and serving COAS is the best bet.
Finally, can you see that these attacks are precise and they result in massive loss of armed forces personnel. This means that the enemy's intel network is so strong that it produces excellent results. Dig into it, why is it so that TTP, BLA or any other anti -Pakistan faction is operating so flawlessly within Pakistan and also from Afghanistan. Is it because all the apparatus had been set in place and put into motion since early 2010's ? How many sleeper cells exist ? Why does a new name creation occurs in Baluchistan for a militant faction ?
India wants Pakistan to start a military operation in Baluchistan. Then Pakistan will again send forces from all its cantonments to Baluchistan, including reserves. This will thin out forces on eastern front. This time India wants Pakistan to get knees deep in Baluchistan and keep Pakistan's forces engaged in Baluchistan for more than a decade, similar to what happened in Kashmir in 90's. The biggest drawback is that Baluchis will lose trust in Pakistan and Pakistan Military. Then the insurgency for separate Baluchi homeland will start in full spin. The first trap was FATA/KPK, where Pakistan Military survived. Pak Army had troops from 5 x Divisions roughly in KPK region. The second trap is Baluchistan.
FC is formed of locals. Other LEAs have lots of locals as troops also. The need of the hour is use of high-end, high tech equipment like drones with surveillance capability, covering almost all the border and also be available for IBO's. The side which has first hand information, wins the battle. FC has to be handed over such equipment otherwise the number of regular troops need to be increased. Have a look hoe many cantonment areas exist in Baluchistan. The hub is Quetta, then there is khuzdar, Gwadar, Chaman, Loralai, Ormara, Zhob, Sibi, Pasni and Turbat. Some of these are under Navy, which is not the case in punjab, AJK and KPK and even Sindh. KPK and Baluchistan smaller contingents of Military than other provinces. China has helped in developing infrastructure, north-south of Baluchistan, the east-west still needs roads and better logistics system.
Coming to Kurram agency, this was a major stronghold of TTP in 2000's. They lost it to Pakistan Army. They will try their best to get it back otherwise create trouble in the area. Pakistani troops had stationed mortars in the area and the probably that was the best way of retaliatory fire against fire coming from Afghanistan.
The issue at hand is the whole belt starting from KPK and ending in Gwadar. This is where India wants to strike using its covertly handled elements.
