Political solutions were tried in Punjab during the height of Sikh militants.P.S.
anyway there is no other solution but political, they are not rebels not freedom fighters, they have some twisted ideology which is why they call themselves Tehrik-e-taliban-pakistan, which essentially means that they claim to be Pakistani and want to implement their ideology,
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Dozens of factions of Ideologically motivated terrorists were active in the area,much like today's taliban
It did not work because there was no central agency controlling the Sikh militants ,who after signing a political accord will put an end to violence.
It was after they brought KPS gill who had free hand to do whatever he wanted , it was stopped.
Gill went after terrorists ,their families and people who gave residence to the millitants .
Need less to say there were thousands of human right abuses under him ,But he put a stop to violence.
Thanks to the punjab police we now a days can live peacefully .
there was paper presented on KPS gill's work "The Gill Doctrine A Model for 21st Century
Counter-terrorism" in 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association .
take a look
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