Pakistan’s “war on terror” is dangerous Opinions

Refusal to see the roots of the rebellion, using “terrorism” stickers, and the rapporteur neighbors do not win strategies.

On March 11, the fighters from the Liberation Army (BLA) kidnapped the Jaffar Express train, traveling from Quetta to Peshawar. After a 36 -hour confrontation, the Pakistani security forces managed to kill BLA agents and release hundreds of hostages. According to the government, no less than eight civilians have their lives during the operation.

Pakistani officials Hurry to blame Afghanistan and India for what they called a “terrorist incident”. This is the latest example of how the Pakistani authorities dismantle responsibility and framing Pakistan’s relationship with Afghanistan with the “war on terror” language.

Almost three months before the kidnapping of the train, Pakistani fighter planes bombing The provinces of Just and Paktika in Afghanistan, killing at least 46 people, including women and children. Many of the victims were displaced from the Pakistani Khyber Bakhbethua region.

Pakistan justified its violation of Afghan sovereignty and international law by claiming that it targeted the Tehreek-E-Taliban Pakistan fighters (TTP) who hide on Afghan soil. Over the past two years, Islamabad Kabul has accused the “terrorists” who carried out attacks on Pakistani soil.

This is the same logic that the United States used to conduct air strikes, kidnapping, targeted killing, etc. across the Islamic world during the so -called “war on terror.” By doing this, the United States refutes all the agreements approved by the world, confirming the sovereignty of the state, the difference between civilians and fighters, the appropriate response and the rights of prisoners of war.

The US Army and Civil Intelligence saw active fighters or “side effects” that were inevitable when following “a high -value goal.” The entire countries and the civilian population paid the price of the “terrorist” strikes conducted by armed groups – and still do so. This is because the United States has withdrew from Afghanistan and Iraq, but its heritage still remains and is easily adopted by governments in the region. The government of Pakistan is one of them.

For 20 years of the American occupation of Afghanistan, Pakistan has refused to see the Afghan Taliban as “terrorists” and continued to house and support the group. However, the Pakistani authorities today classify TTP and BLA as “terrorist” groups and the Afghan Taliban government as a sponsor of “terrorism”.

They refuse to see this local rebellion as rational representatives in a political point of view that they can cause or their grievances must be heard.

How Pakistan chooses to deal with these groups is an internal issue, but there are some lessons from the recent American adventure that must be taken care of.

The United States has given a wide definition of “terrorism” in which Muslims at home and abroad became suspected. In Afghanistan, her enemy gathered al -Qaeda with the Taliban and sometimes Afghan civilians.

The imprisonment and torture of the alleged Taliban members were only fed to the enthusiasm of the Taliban fighters and led to an escalation in violence. Not only violating drones in civil societies in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but also encouraged young people to join the Afghan Taliban and TTP.

Several attempts by the Taliban to negotiate with the United States did not pay the fruits until 2021, when it was exhausted by occupation and war for two decades, Washington decided to withdraw and accept the defeat mainly.

It is easy to reject the movements as “terrorist” and refuses to see any path of reconciliation. But as the American example explains, this approach does not end well.

Instead of trying to withdraw the United States to another war on “terrorism” – as an American media outlet Lowering site I mentioned – the Pakistani authorities should learn from the American experience. They cannot get rid of ignorance about groups like TTP and BLA; They deal with their citizens, who have clear grievances.

The Pakistani government must hear the demands of these groups and find a way to negotiate with them. You should realize the suffering of the civilian population in the areas where the BLA and TTP operate. It should also put an end to the violation of the sovereignty of Afghanistan and the scourge of redemption for the Taliban government because of its security failures under the guise of “war on terror.”

If the Pakistani army decides not to learn from modern history and follow the steps of the United States, it is likely that it will meet its fate.

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