Armstrong
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Then these tribal lashkars would not fight on behalf of Pak army across the border... They are raised in case of any threat against their qaum , (word qaum is used for tribe in pashto). If they think that a particular tribe or group on the other side of the durand is entirely responsible for disturbance in their areas, then they might launch lashkars against them..the bajaur incident, which you frequently mentions, in which bajauris repelled afghan lashkars, was purely a defensive tribal response against uninvited infiltaration. It is just your wishful thinking that tribal militias would operate against afghan people...infact mostly same tribes are living across durand.
Some pashtun tribes like marwats, mulagoris, buneris, dirojans effectively eliminated threat of talibans through their qaumi lashkars, but it should be noted the members of lashkars were volunteers with no funds from any security agency.
No one is asking them to fight against their own tribe...heck their immediate tribesmen across the border are de-facto Pakistanis !
I'm sure the Tribal Lashkars with the Pakistan Army & the Pakistan Airforce would be willing to help out against this mortar fire from the ANA or the TTP operating near their lands. That doesn't imply that they'd be foot soldiers traversing the length & breadth of Afghanistan killing all & sundry.
P.S the Bajaur incident wasn't just a Tribal Lashkar operating against a neighboring Afghan Tribe's Lashkar but against the Afghan Army itself hence why they called in the PAF & the Pakistan Army.