I differ! The TTP is not controlled by the ISI, but the Afghan Taliban (Mullah Omar/Haqqani's Quetta Shaura) are. The TTP is targeting the Pakistani security forces and according to them, has the ultimate agenda of taking over Pakistan. It is this group that the PA is trying to neutralize which it is finding pretty difficult to do so at present. Counter insurgency whether rural or urban, is a very protracted war that could take decades to defeat.
sorry dude,
no one, I mean NO ONE can ever control the Afghans, ever!!! no one can influence them, no one can force them and no one can direct them.
time and again they have proven that. I hope the Penny will drop one day for the Americans if not today.
if we had any control at all or any influence at all we would have requested them to
1. take out the TTP safe heavens in Afghanistan.
2. Take out the BLA training camps in Afghanistan
3. stop the fight with the Afghan/ US troops and start peace talks to help US leave earlier.
4. declare that they have no relation to TTP and sever any relations with them.
but none of that has happened. we do have links with them just like any security agency will do in its neighbourhood will do and its these links (that you call control) that are enabling the Afghan insurgents and the US Govt to hold talks in Afghanistan and in Doha / Dubai and Qatar etc.
so let not loose the perspective here and give the brush of mass accusation a bit of rest
and stay on topic. re air force strikes, they have not been on residence areas, have you seen the footage of LGB targets from F-16s? they are on secluded targets not in the middle of a town.
I agree with the rest of your post re TTP.
thanking you
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U dont need to Infiltrate the local populace,.. but rather incentive a few locals to do u bidding..
Remember there dumb as nails.it works both ways not just in the talibans favor.its not a very high order of intelligence gathering.
What really needs to be done is control there breeding(recruiting hot zones) grounds and there can be no gray areas in this process. Militancy thrives in Grey areas and loopholes.
Launce an Idealogical counteroffensive...not based on religion but on prosperity.
This only works with stable ,time tested and trustworthy Gov and economies.
If one govt is not trustworthy come to a common understanding and then threaten with ur wrath if not heeded .and if all goes well and the defending govt isn't unwise and dosent tramples on sensitivities...there cause will strt to falter,
Power need to be projected hard and fast... make them recalculate and reflect on there decisions..there moral need to be rooted and at the same time there cause needs to be made weak.and make every effort to let this be known to the enemy.
there are many more creative alternatives but imo these are some ways tht can help.
This i got from looking at Indian way of dealing with Naxlasm..
true
decades to say the least..it all depends on how u handle the indoctrination of the new generation tht gets conceived.
people cant indoctrinate oters if there own cause and morality is weak..i think there is where lies the root of all of Pakistans problems
good points and yes thats what is already being done. I wont fault you for missing the news when we have lost agents on regular bases and Taliban executing ordinary tribesmen and even their own commrades on the suspicion of spying.
I cant add anymore than what you said because you said it all
thanks