Allied Militants Threaten Pakistan’s Populous Heart

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In Punjab the Taliban do not have to hold on to territory. They have proved to be very smart tacticians. All they need is to unleash a terror campaign and as per their calculation the GOP will come running with a peace deal.This has happened earlier and recently in SWAT.

PA for some reason is not going to fight the Taliban.This is something which I can't comprehend that a superbly trained and professional PA is not taking on the Taliban.

 

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Before long we might see some sort of conflict between the Taliban and the non-deobandi militant outfits like the Lashkar-Taiba and Hizb.Mujahideen.

There have already been attacks and skirmishes with rival islamic factiosn in FATA/NWFP and the sectarian outlook that the Taliban has will make it difficult to ally itself to any PUnjab/Kashmir based militant organisation, unless they subscribe toe the Deobandi school. And those organisations. like the LeJ and Harkat.Muj are already seen co-ordinating with the TTS-TTP.

I see a case of perhaps the PA using these organisations as a bulwakr against encroachment by the TTP-TTS.

The PA will come out of its Barracks, and will take on the militants, if and when the time is right. I believe the civilians have another 6 -8 months to sort things out.

 

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In Punjab the Taliban do not have to hold on to territory. They have proved to be very smart tacticians. All they need is to unleash a terror campaign and as per their calculation the GOP will come running with a peace deal.This has happened earlier and recently in SWAT.

PA for some reason is not going to fight the Taliban.This is something which I can't comprehend that a superbly trained and professional PA is not taking on the Taliban.

PA is not trained to fight the Talibans in a gurilla war. It is trained to fight a conventional war . And if that is declared you will see the aftermath yourself.