By syed Ali Shah
For more than a decade now Pakistan has been in a state of war with far-right outlawed extremist militant group the Tehreek Taliban Pakistan. The group even after numerous full scale military operations and scores of defeats somehow surfaces back to existence and proves to be a hornet’s nest for the security institutions of Pakistan.
With the Afghan Taliban coming into power the TTP found an easy ground to regroup and re-emerge. The year 2022 turned out to be pretty devastating for the Pakistan’s security forces as 282 personals were the victims of terrorism and as per research a report released by the Centre for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) stated that the violence is more likely to increase in 2023.
The Taliban now with advanced US weapons have launched their attacks on the security forces.
TTP attacked the CTD headquarters in Bannu held it hostage demanding safe evacuation to Afghanistan to clear them out the finest men within the army (Al zarrar a unit of SSG) were to rescue the hostages, though the operation with some casualties and injuries was successful numerous questions were raised about the Taliban comeback days later inside Peshawar police line the headquarters of KPK police, a suicide bomber disguised in police uniform conducted a suicide attack blew himself inside the mosque the bomb caused more than 100 casualties of KPK police. TTP did not confine their attacks to KPK and started launched their attack on Karachi police line the battle between the police alongside rangers Sindh and the 3 terrorists continued for hours, the attack caused 3 casualties and injured 19 whereas two of the terrorists were eliminated and one blew himself. With police stations being attacked and the police-men being held hostage and Taliban gaining continuous ground all we can expect the is Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan to follow the same pattern as it has before brought another wave of terror back to Pakistan but this time with much deadlier American advanced weapons.
Recently, Federal Minister for Human Rights Riaz Pirzada in an interview claimed that the former govt. had decided to bring the Taliban (TTP) back and re-settle them but the plan backfired. This statement has raised many questions the most valid why was the govt. in the first place was negotiating with the TTP? Knowing the fact, the TTP has caused the state more damage than its arch rival India ever did in each and every aspect whether be it economic political, social or military. How is Pakistan going to deal with Taliban now? would there be another military operation? Is Pakistan going back to the days of terrorism? All the operations and all the men who laid their lives was that for nothing? The government and the decision makers have a lot to answer and a lot to make up for
Taking the history of the outlawed outfit Pakistan to deal with the Taliban negotiated with conducted several military operations i.e. Zarb-e-Azab etc. for which Pakistan had to pay a heavy price we had IDP’S military casualties and economic losses into account negotiations and military operations both up to some extents have failed. The reemergence of the TTP time after time has its credit to the failed and confused policies adapted by Pakistan’s policy makers. Instead of being in a political turmoil I think the policy makers of Pakistan all together are in a dire need for constructing a policy to deal with the TTP for once and for all but it seems the utmost representation of non-serious political affairs has ignored and sidelined a major threat existing to the security institutes, the government and the citizens of Pakistan. It seems to me that whilst we have engaged ourselves in politics another imminent terrorist attack is under the pipeline
