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| Will Kayani liberate Swat from terrorist and extremist groups? | | |
Nirbhay Jammual
One of the most picturesque and scenic spot in Pakistan's NWFP is the Swat valley. The valley which 160 kms from Islamabad has been,during the last several years, trekkers and excursionist delight. The valley is known for medicinal plants and emeralds which lie deposited in the hard rocky belt of the valley. And see what the terrorists have made of the valley. The broken houses, roads in bad shape, school buildings in ruins, work paralyzed in the offices. It is chaos. Nothing but the dance of death in the valley. The civilians and the troops get killed with the gunfire from the terrorists and the terrorists lose their life in the counter operations launched by the Pakistani troops. Well the fault lay with Pakistani agencies which since mid 70's used the valley for a base for fighting the Soviet troops in Afghanistan.
Those who are called terrorists in the Swat valley are none else than those whose parents had been trained by Pakistani forces for fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan. Later the Pakistani forces had been seen training the youth for fighting in Jammu and Kashmir and other Indian states.But these very terrorists do feel the heat when Islamabad under pressure from the international community orders a crackdown on the terrorists in Swat valley.But during the last over two months Pakistan Government has not been able to see its writ running in the Valley where the supporters of pro-Taliban religious extremists have almost captured several areas in the belt .Molvi Fazlullah, a well known extremist is able to control these areas for the last over one year.
Islamabad would not have reacted had not these extremists created problems for the Pakistan Government. The Swat valley has become a breeding centre for terrorists and extremists who have not hesitated in carrying out gun and grenade strikes within Pakistan in recent months. Not only this the happenings including flourishing arms training centre and the menacing postures being adopted by men like Fazlullah have forced Islamabad to take some measures for containing the activities of these terrorists as such activities had placed the establishment in Islamabad in predicament after India kept on pressurising the international community to force Pakistan to act fast as far as punishing those who had masterminded the Mumbai mayhem.
It is in this connection that Pakistani Army Chief, Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited the valley to send a firm note to the Talibans and other terrorist groups to be ready for the "final and decisive" operation the Army planned to launch shortly. Kayani has conveyed to the troops deployed in Swat valley that they should not hesitate taking in hand measures which could check the activities of the terrorists even if such measures called for sacrifices. Experts are of the opinion that it is not very easy for the Pakistani Army to dislodge the Talibans and other extremist groups from the Swat valley because over the years they had been able carve out safe sanctuaries. Not only this,these gun and Pika gun wielding Talibans have taken advantageous position in the valley which has helped them to target the Pakistani troops easily. However, if Kayani really is interested in smashing the Taliban network and bases in Swat and he gets total support from the Zardari led Government the task is not difficult for the Pak troops who have the stamina and the technique in fighting the enemy within. Islamabad should realise that by aiding terrorism it has itself become a victim of terrorist strikes. Time has come for Pakistan to bid farewell to its pro-terror policies which alone can help Islamabad to ensure country's safety against growing threat of economic bankruptcy. By ruining Kashmir, a major attraction for tourists all over the world, Pakistan has not been insulated against strikes by those very terrorists who were patronised, financed by the Pak agencies.It is time for Islamabad to stop bullying India and other countries by taking in hand cosmetic exercise on tackling the menace of terrorism.
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