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[American Pakistani]

 

[pakdefender]

Police say one their biggest problems - among many - is a law placing swaths of the area near the Afghan border off-limits to police and the courts.

Consequently the Fata became a safe haven for criminals and militants. Most ransom drops and kidnap releases happen there, they say.

“They should either make Fata part of Pakistan or cut it off,” said one frustrated senior police official. “This law gives the militants a perfect hideout.”

Crime spree helps Pakistani Taliban squirrel away cash before raids begin - Pakistan - DAWN.COM

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For years , long before there was WoT , FATA was (and still is) hot bed of criminal activity , rings of car thieves , smugglers , kidnappers all found the lawlessness of FATA ideal to conduct illegitimate activities there , time is upon us that we fix this situation once and for all

 

[fatman17]

Opinion
33 versus 66
Dr Farrukh Saleem
Sunday, July 13, 2014

Capital suggestion

Background: Insurgent forces based in North Waziristan have been seeking to take over political governance of Pakistan. The well thought-out unconventional military strategy of these insurgent forces is violence – fidayeen attacks, bomb blasts and suicide attacks. The signature weapon of these insurgent forces is fear. The goal of these insurgent forces is to isolate Pakistan, bring political governance down to its knees and then gain complete political control over 796,095 sq kilometres called Pakistan.

Counter-insurgency: The Pakistan Army is the counter-insurgent force fighting to establish Pakistan’s writ over 4,707 sq kilometers called North Waziristan Agency (NWA). Pak Army’s XI Corps is the counter-insurgent force fighting to protect the political authority from slipping away to the insurgents.

Pak Army’s XI Corps’ counter-insurgency revolves around three things. One, to separate insurgents from North Waziristan’s population. Two, to occupy physical terrain previously held by insurgents. Three, to deny insurgents access the population.

Insurgency: Insurgent forces, in order to achieve their goals, depend on three safe havens. One, geographical safe haven. Two, social safe haven. Three, virtual safe haven.

Geographical safe haven: Insurgents depend on un-governed or ill-governed territories. Insurgents had North Waziristan, physical terrain they called their own, where they indoctrinated, recruited, trained, planed, prepared and supported violent operations across Pakistan. It was North Waziristan from where they projected their power to other parts of Pakistan.

Social safe haven: Insurgents depend on a society’s belief system, cultural norms, religious attitudes and the prevalent political culture. Within Pakistan’s civil society, ‘religion, politics and terrorism’ have become intertwined. Three other elements that provide social space for insurgents to operate and expand are: confusion, a lack of national consensus and a legal system where the overall acquittal rate in terrorism-related cases stands at 75 percent.

Virtual safe haven: Insurgents also depend on the World Wide Web, the global media and the international financial infrastructure. This virtual safe haven is often mobile, difficult to track and even more difficult to control. According to The Economist, “Al-Qaeda's most famous web propagandist is jailed, but the internet remains its best friend. The ease and cheapness of processing words, pictures, sound and video has brought the era not only of the citizen-journalist but also the terrorist-journalist.”

Right now, the XI Corps is fighting to take back North Waziristan, the last geographical safe haven for insurgents in Pakistan. That is 33 percent of Zarb-e-Azb. I have no doubt in my mind – and history is witness – that this geographical safe haven will be no more.

Next, the civilian government along with the civil society would have to take back the social safe haven and the virtual safe haven. That is 66 percent of Zarb-e-Azb.

The writer is a columnist based in Islamabad. Email: farrukh15@hotmail.com.

Dear Dr. dont expect much on the 66 front. !!!

 

[fatman17]

Top Story
7th Infantry doing the most heavy lifting
Govt must take care of Utmanzai Wazirs
Farrukh Saleem
Wednesday, June 18, 2014



ISLAMABAD: The Raheel Anti-Terror Doctrine has taken over all other military doctrines. XI Corps, commanded by Lieutenant-General Khalid Rabbani, HI(M), is implementing the Raheel Doctrine while the heaviest lifting on the battleground is being done by XI Corps’ 7th Infantry Division, Pakistan Army’s “oldest and the most battle-hardened division”.

Pakistan Army’s 7th Infantry Division is known as the Golden Arrow after its formation sign and the Peshawar Division after the name of its garrison city. For the record, the officers and jawans of the Golden Arrow have fought in all of Pakistan’s wars and continue to maintain an unparalleled combat service record.

In the 1965 war, the Golden Arrow was commanded by Major-General Yahya Khan, who after defeating Indian formations captured Chamb. In 1970, when the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan requested Pakistan’s help in putting down a Palestinian uprising, the Golden Arrow commanded by Brigadier Ziaul Haq restored order.

On 16 May 2009, Lieutenant-General Masood Aslam, HI, HI(M), SJ, the-then XI Corps Commander, launched Operation Rah-e-Rast to establish Pakistan’s writ over Swat. By July 15, in less than 2 months, Swat was back under government control.

On 17 October 2009, Lieutenant-General Masood Aslam, XI Corps Commander, launched Operation Rah-e-Nijat to clear South Waziristan from extremists. XI Corps brought South Waziristan back into Pakistan’s writ in 33 days (followed up by mop up operations). From a military perspective, the terrain in Swat is the toughest; South Waziristan’s terrain comes next and then comes North Waziristan’s.
XI Corps is busy controlling tactical points. XI Corps is busy creating concentric rings. XI Corps is busy controlling heights. XI Corps is busy ceiling cross-country terrorist movements. XI Corps is busy establishing firm bases. XI Corps is busy identifying enemies. XI Corps is busy expanding the security perimeter.

XI Corps cannot and should be burdened with the task of taking care of IDPs. This is where the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) and the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) must play their roles. This is where the chief minister government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, must step in.

This operation is not against the Utmanzai Wazirs, the main tribe in North Waziristan. Neither is this operation against the Daurs, Kharsin, Saidgis, Gurbaz or the Mehsuds. This operation is against foreigners and against terrorists. The government of Pakistan has the responsibility of taking care of IDPs-logistics, shelter, health, nutrition, water and sanitation.

The government of Pakistan must send out a loud and clear message that Utmanzai Wazirs, Daurs, Kharsin, Saidgis, Gurbaz and the Mehsuds of North Waziristan are our brothers passing through difficult times. And the rest of Pakistan is here to help.

 

[senses]

^Indeed currently 7 DIV is the queen of all divs.

 

[Menace2Society]

Indian currency being recovered, the ruse is unraveling.

 

[Devil Soul]

AsimBajwaISPR‏@AsimBajwaISPR
#ZarbeAzb:Capturing 14.5 mm & 12.7mm anti air craft wpns significant achievement.Terrorists had fired on aircrafts pic.twitter.com/FAe25AAXFb

 

[Zarrar Alvi]

Indian currency being recovered, the ruse is unraveling.

ye kidr se lai li pic?

 

[pakdefender]

We should launch cruise missile attacks on bharati embassy and consulates in Afghanistan !

 

[Bratva]

Indian currency being recovered, the ruse is unraveling.

That's indian soldier wearing Pak army uniform

ye kidr se lai li pic?

posted on FB, then pasted all over twitter

 

[Zarrar Alvi]

That's indian soldier wearing Pak army uniform



posted on FB, then pasted all over twitter

wohi to he is my junior usna apna account pa lgai thee sub na chori kar li

 

[qamar1990]

Media allowed into NW(including foriegn)

Exclusive images from NW operation

Foreign Currency

these soldiers are just regular infantry?
they seem to have invested a lot in our soldiers lately, giving them nice uniforms and safety equipment ect. i think we might have better equipped soldiers then indians.

 

[Zarrar Alvi]

 

[qamar1990]

The terrorists are releasing pictures/videos of their own. I saw one (too grusome to post here and I dont like to post pics of my dead soldiers) where Army has left dead bodies of the soldiers. According to their spokesman, they killed 37 pak soldiers today (photos of 2 lying with them) whereas ISPR said 4 soldiers embraced martyrdom.

Its obvious they cant stand aerial assault (our army is aided by PAF and US Drones) but they are showing some resistance on the ground.



Army always had a presence in Miranshah and for the last 4/5 years at least, supplies go by ground (every saturday and sunday it used to impose curfew and then went in a convoy)

but yes, for the fist time, Miranshah is (almost) empty of Taliban

where did you see those pictures?

 

[Zarrar Alvi]

What could the SSG commando, in the first picture, standing behind Gen. Shreef have in that briefcase he's holding? Hmm, also he's in all three pictures so he must be on Gen. Shereef's personal security detail.

jammer and protected bullet proof sheet