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Pakistan raised Mujahideen and now they are terrorists, admits Pakistan Interior Minister in National Assembly

●“Massacre of people in mosque neither happens in India nor in Israel.”
●Defence minister says peace in Afghanistan and Pakistan are interlinked.
●Perpetrators of terror attacks are "enemies of Pakistan", says Sanaullah
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Defence Minister Khawaja Asif speaks on the floor of the National Assembly on January 31, 2023. — YouTube/PTVNewsLive

Condemning the disastrous suicide bombing inside a Peshawar mosque, which claimed at least 100 lives and injured over 220 people, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has stressed the need for national consensus just like the one reached for operation Zarb-e-Azb against terrorism across the country.

Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly on Tuesday, he said the tragedy of the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar — which occurred on16th December 2014 claiming the lives of about 150 innocent students, teachers and non-teaching staff of the school — had not been forgotten yet as another incident of terrorism happened in the country.

“A successful war was fought against terrorism from 2010 to 2017,” the federal minister said, adding that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz-led government, which was ruling the country, eliminated the menace of terrorism.

“Several APS-like incidents occurred in KP [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa],” Asif said, adding that the terrorism devoured numerous precious lives.
Referring to the banned terror organisations, the defence minister said that the house (lower house of parliament) was told around two years ago that “these people” could be negotiated but any conclusive decision could not be made on the matter. He came down hard on Imran Khan-led government for its instance of dialogue with the proscribed outfits.
Stressing the need for national unity, the minister said that "we sowed the seeds of terrorism ourselves".

Must triumph over terrorism
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Reflecting that Pakistan should never have helped train the Mujahideen in the past, the interior minister said: “We prepared them and now they have become terrorists.”

He also apprised parliament that the prime minister, army chief and ISI DG would come to the house to brief parliamentarians and seek their assistance. “We must triumph in the war against terrorism.”

The state of terror incidents in the country paralleled the situation that existed a decade ago, he added. “Our policy must also be the same as the one we adopted 9 years ago after the APS attack.”

'Pakistan is alone in the war against terrorism'
“Our desire to be an instrument of superpowers is very old. Pakistan is alone in the war against terrorism,” the defence minister said.

Asif said while he is supportive of good relations with the United States, Pakistan shouldn’t fight the war at Washington's behest and in its interest.

Commenting on Afghanistan’s situation, he expressed the desire for the country to improve and stay peaceful, as "it will also reflect in Pakistan".

He added, “We want the betterment of Afghanistan. Peace in Afghanistan and Pakistan are interlinked.”

Following the Afghan war, the minister said, the Afghans who came to Pakistan and never left. “450,000 Afghans came to Pakistan in the last four years and did not return [to Afghanistan]."

At the same time, he added: “I can’t say how many of them are terrorists.”

Lamenting the state of security, he said the country has been witnessing bloodshed for the last several years

No division between Lahore and Peshawar'
Reacting to the comments of dissident PTI lawmaker Noor Alam Khan — who accused the forces of prejudice against the Pakhtoons —the security czar said that he understood and “surrendered” to the feelings of his fellow parliamentarian but “rejected” the accusations of prejudice levelled by him.

“There is no discrimination between Lahore and Peshawar,” he said, adding, “All of Pakistan has been victimised and every Pakistani is in mourning over the [Peshawar mosque] attack.”

Acknowledging that there had been an uptick in the number of attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), he said: “The KP police, army, FC and law enforcement agencies have been sacrificing their lives every day. Recently a police station in Bannu was made hostage."

However, he added, the perpetrators of "these attacks are the enemies of Pakistan".

In the past, Sanaullah said, there had been incidents of terrorism in Lahore which had claimed hundreds of lives.

“Our investigations have found that in 99% of the incidents, suicide bombers hailed from areas outside of Punjab, he said. “First, these attackers are brainwashed and then sent all over the country to incite terror"


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It's too late. Taliban has learnt a lot from Pakistan in it's decades old dealings. The same two-face statecraft Pakistan has played with others, will be replicated by Taliban.
TTP enjoys a lot of local support, the most intolerant wins. 😉
 
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I have no love for these policies but
He is an incoherent moron, his blabbering makes no logical sense except for soundbites
but I guess in this cabinet - who isn't a blithering moron?
 
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I have no love for these policies but
He is an incoherent moron, his blabbering makes no logical sense except for soundbites
but I guess in this cabinet - who isn't a blithering moron?

It is just easy way out of own incompetency and cowardice

Blame Zia ul Haq who died nearly 35 years ago

Get some soundbites as you mentioned. Looked like an intellect despite talking absolute nonsense. Pajeets are happy too which matters a lot for nihari league
 
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My personal belief is that you can never truly have a friendly government in Afghanistan, how can you take away the very essence of their belief and identity which is supposedly jihad against the dalkhors?

It is impossible and has always been like this. They could be friendly for a short while if relations are going good but never permanently. It is part of their culture to despise Pakistan, and dream about Loy Afghanistan.

Pakistanis are expecting too much, the Taliban in my view are simply a better option than an internationally recognised government like Ghanis. But of course still a pain in the ***.

A war, whether covert, or explicit, is inevitable with Afghanistan. And I don't know how many times it will take for them to lose to give up. Perhaps the only solution really is nuking them.

It is better if dalkhors grow some respect for themselves and honour, and decide to respond with aggression.

Remember people always respect power, especially those who look down on you, they will only respect you if you give them a reason to.
Not sure about the current gov't, there is definitely bad blood between IEA and Pakistani establishment stemming from war of terror days and the role Pakistani military played as the loyal colonial sepoys.

Having said that, there was a friendly gov't in Kabul from 1994 to 2001.
 
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Having said that, there was a friendly gov't in Kabul from 1994 to 2001.

Even that "friendly government" refused to accept durand line and had 99.99% pushtoons leaders and ministers which makes it what we call it today

An ethnofascist government with a beard

But obviously you would ignore that
 
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Bro BTW our problems are one thing. But India will stabalize South Asia?.
Have you like ever lived or worked with other South Asians man?
Every South Asian Call your country "The Big Bully". Be it Sri Lankans, Bangladeshi, Nepalese. I am talking about people not media.
I was really surprised when i met Nepalese. I though they were close allies. But almost all of them were so irritated by you BSF behavior and Expansionist Attitude. Same with Bangladeshis even bigger surprise.

If India Start behaving like the Most powerfull Country of south Asia with responsibility, May be Pakistan will not even need to militarize so heavily.

Stop consuming too much media.

And please be honest. Now dont tell me you know all Nepali Bengali Srilankan People and they love India and Indian Government bla bla bla swear on whatever holy book you believe in before saying such stuff. Your BSF is a bully to weaker neighbors.
It is actually Bharat, which is not same as India. Bharati are originally a different people from Hindustani. Historically, Hindustan (and Hindustanis) have ruled South Asia for centuries by its empires going up to Central Asia. Bharat has not.
 
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Not sure about the current gov't, there is definitely bad blood between IEA and Pakistani establishment stemming from war of terror days and the role Pakistani military played as the loyal colonial sepoys.

Having said that, there was a friendly gov't in Kabul from 1994 to 2001.

So you don't have an issue with Talibs backing Bin Laden and inviting trouble to the region? I wish Pakistan had joined up with NATO and invaded Afghanistan together.
 
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Not sure about the current gov't, there is definitely bad blood between IEA and Pakistani establishment stemming from war of terror days and the role Pakistani military played as the loyal colonial sepoys.

Having said that, there was a friendly gov't in Kabul from 1994 to 2001.
There has been bad blood long before the war on terror days
 
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There has been bad blood long before the war on terror days
Not between Taliban and Pakistan military. Taliban were Gen. Naseerullah Babur's "babies" if you recall...
 
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Not between Taliban and Pakistan military. Taliban were Gen. Naseerullah Babur's "babies" if you recall...
Taliban is Afghan.

An Afghan remains an Afghan no matter what, there's some stuff you just can't change and enmity with Pakistan/dalkhors/Indics/Loy Afghanistan is deeply penetrated into their culture.

Pak Pashtuns tried to appease them a lot thinking they'll eventually settle down but it didn't happen, nothing changed

Ultimately I'm against pointless wars but they're probably going to force us into one and the winner will be the west in the end. I think the west is leveraging Afghan hate to make them provoke Pakistan, then encourage Pakistan to strike them. Two birds with one stone.

Best solution unironically would be federation and settle it but even that would cause a whole new load of issues.
 
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It's too late. Taliban has learnt a lot from Pakistan in it's decades old dealings. The same two-face statecraft Pakistan has played with others, will be replicated by Taliban.
TTP enjoys a lot of local support, the most intolerant wins. 😉

Not really the main reason they act like they do is because the USA airstrikes which have killed hundreds of kids of theirs , no wonder they are passed with pak state
 
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Not really the main reason they act like they do is because the USA airstrikes which have killed hundreds of kids of theirs , no wonder they are passed with pak state
And they'll forget how Pakistan has dealt with Taliban these years? Using them for its own interests?
 
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