We also fail to see the growing trends of radicalism and radical movements in non-Pashtun Pakistan that takes various shapes and forms.
Source/Credit: The Express Tribune
By Ayesha Siddiqa | August 7, 2013
The executive summary of the Nacta draft for a counterterrorism policy seems to gravitate around a singular state narrative — that terrorism in Pakistan is linked with the Afghan war of the 1980s and continues due to foreign intervention. Moreover, the source of all violence is North Waziristan, and by association, Afghanistan. Such a diagnosis creates problems in comprehending the issue in its entirety. Many people erroneously believe in such theses, resulting in the conclusion that the withdrawal of the US will automatically bring peace in the region. Notwithstanding the fact that America’s invasion was a costly blunder, the US withdrawal at this quick pace will not be sufficient to deal with terrorism.
Following are the reasons which establish that the menace of terrorism will not be addressed with the above perspective in mind.
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