Afghan Mujahideen : NOT FOR SALE

Kabul’s Western allies want to pay Taliban fighters to quit the insurgency. Lots of luck.
Ron Moreau
Representatives from nearly 70 countries showed up in London on Jan. 28 for a one-day conference on how to save Afghanistan. President Hamid Karzai was there, gamely offering “peace and reconciliation” to all Afghans, “especially” those “who are not a part of Al Qaeda or other terrorist networks.” He didn’t mention why the Taliban would accept such an offer while they believe they’re winning the war. Others at the conference had what they evidently considered more realistic solutions—such as paying Taliban fighters to quit the insurgency. Participants reportedly pledged some $500 million to support that aim. “You don’t make peace with your friends,” said U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. True enough. But what if your enemies don’t want peace?
My NEWSWEEK colleague Sami Yousafzai laughs at the notion that the Taliban can be bought or bribed. Few journalists, officials, or analysts know the Taliban the way he does. If the leadership, commanders, and subcommanders wanted comfortable lives, he says, they would have made their deals long ago. Instead they stayed committed to their cause even when they were on the run, with barely a hope of survival. Now they’re back in action across much of the south, east, and west, the provinces surrounding Kabul, and chunks of the north. They used to hope they might reach this point in 15 or 20 years. They’ve done it in eight. Many of them see this as proof that God is indeed on their side. The mujahedin warlords who regained power in the 2001 U.S. invasion have grown fabulously wealthy since then. The senior Taliban leader Jalaluddin Haqqani could have done the same. Now he and his fellow Taliban are gunning for those opportunists.
Only a few relatively low-level Taliban commanders and fighters have defected, and they rue the day they did. Most of them now live hand-to-mouth in Kabul, exiled from their home villages. Sami has introduced me to some of them. They only wish they could return to the embrace of Haqqani or Mullah Baradar, the Taliban’s No. 2 leader after Mullah Mohammed Omar, but they know they’d be killed if they were foolish enough to try. The Taliban don’t give second chances. Even if Karzai and his U.S.-NATO allies offer great gobs of money to defecting Taliban, where could they go with it? They couldn’t go home for fear of being put to death by their former comrades in arms. They wouldn’t want to live in expensive Kabul, where people on the streets would make fun of their country ways, huge black turbans, and kohl eyeliner. They hate everything that Kabul represents: a sinful place of coed schools, dancing, drinking, music, movies, prostitution, and the accumulation of wealth. “Falcons fly with falcons, not with other birds,” the Taliban say. In other words, you can’t negotiate and live with secular people.
Karzai and his regime have practically no credibility anyway. No one trusts his promises, and they regard his government as an evil thing, a heretical, apostate regime. More than that, however, Taliban tend to take offense at the very idea of a buyout. As one fighter told Sami indignantly, “You can’t buy my ideology, my religion. It’s an insult.” In terms of defection, the closest thing to a “success” story is the former Taliban commander Mullah Salam. He quit the insurgency two years ago, was allowed to keep most of his men and weapons, and was given the governorship of his home district of Musa Qala, in Helmand province. Nevertheless he lives under constant threat of assassination, and Musa Qala remains a very insecure place.
Most Taliban feel comfortable only in the backcountry villages, where their world view is essentially shared by locals. There’s a huge and growing disconnect—social, economic, and perhaps even spiritual—between the cities and the countryside. In villages where the Taliban have a strong presence, there is little or no conflict between Taliban virtues and local customs, from the wearing of long beards to heeding the call for prayer, keeping the sexes separate in public, adhering to Islamic law, and not tolerating crime. Especially in the countryside, most ordinary Pashtuns regard themselves as the big losers in the past eight years of Karzai’s rule and foreign military presence. As they see it, accurately or not, their ethnic rivals—the Tajiks, Uzbeks, and Hazara—have received the spoils of the Taliban’s defeat, while Pashtun villages have suffered from official abuse, corruption, neglect, and war.

That’s one reason the Taliban aren’t as unpopular in the villages as Western-funded polls appear to indicate. Unlike the Karzai government, they have proved their ability to deliver swift Islamic justice and keep their villages free from crime. The respected Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid often says there has been no pro-Taliban uprising because most Afghans dislike the movement. On the other hand, though, few Pashtun villagers have mobilized against the insurgents. Perhaps most important, the Taliban’s leadership is confident of the movement’s cohesiveness. Although the insurgency lacks a single, unified command, its leaders all fight in the name of Mullah Omar and his defunct Islamic Emirate. “No one,” they say, “can fly just on his own wings.” The Quetta Shura, its Peshawar offshoot, the Haqqani network in the east, and individual commanders in the north—all different command structures led by different personalities—all derive their spiritual authority and political clout from the “commander of the faithful.” If their ranks remained unbroken through years of being hunted, jailed, killed, outgunned, outmanned, and outspent, they feel confident now that their leaders and lieutenants can’t be bought, as senior Taliban commander Mullah Nasir recently observed to Sami.
Most Taliban seem genuinely convinced that they are carrying out the will of God. One sign of that faith is the apparently endless supply of suicide bombers. The Americans still seem not to have grasped the full import of this. The Taliban are not fighting for a share of power; they want to restore Islamic law throughout the country, with no talk of compromise. They despise their nominal ally Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who has said that suicide bombings are not justified under Islam and who talks of possible power-sharing deals with Karzai. A “son of dollars,” they call him: someone who cannot be trusted, someone who does not share their goal of reimposing Sharia over all of Afghanistan.
Karzai is hopeless. He reads from a script he knows will please his Western patrons: new drives for good governance, transparency, narcotics suppression, the building of the Afghan security forces, economic development, etc. Nevertheless, for the past eight years he and his appointees have been incapable of delivering a fraction of what he has promised, and there’s no reason to think the next year or two will be any different. He’s a nice guy, is not corrupt, and doubtless means well. But he is not a leader or a judge of men, and he has no vision. He promises everything to everyone, as he did in the last election, but nothing comes of it. No one in his administration gets fired or jailed for egregious behavior. The harshest punishment for malfeasance is transfer to a perhaps less lucrative position.
The London conference was a futile exercise. Once again Washington and its allies are looking for solutions that don’t exist: a new Karzai, bribing the Taliban, negotiating with the Taliban. No Taliban leader of any stature seems to have entered into negotiations thus far. U.N. special envoy Kai Eide reportedly met in Dubai on Jan. 6 with Afghans who claimed to represent the Taliban and said they could pass messages to the Quetta Shura, but it’s unlikely that their mission was actually sanctioned by anyone in the senior leadership. (The U.N. says no such meeting took place.) The United Nations has made a big deal of removing the names of five supposed Taliban from its blacklist, but the Taliban couldn’t care less. They’re not itching to travel to Geneva or New York or open bank accounts. They’ve got a war to fight at home.

Source : www.pakistankakhudahafiz.wordpress.com

Ghazwa-E-Hind , Vultures of the world and the Zardari Brigade

Ghazwa-e-Hind and Taliban …these two paradigm shifting chapters and second being its facilitator [ the good and also the bad ]

Ghazwa-eHind has kicked off finally and has reached its battle in the ground phase .. before I elaborate more on this subject one should clear his head about what is actually the label Taliban that’s causing so much on the news front ..the fact the pashtuns can never be governed by anyother entity other than a REAL pashtun who takes good care of their customs and values …these very people have organized themselves in the most organized and disciplined army that is not hostile to ANY country but only has risen up to save their own country from the occupiers ..now that’s none other than AFGHAN TALIBAN..period..

TPP or tehreek e Taliban Pakistan ..hilarious ..there is no such organization as TTP , there was never any ..a bunch of criminals , murderers , thugs , thieves , failures in life turned to the leftist of the country who had their arms stretched in india and the west and were set to sponsor , supply and FEED these monsters who turned themselves in to living MUTANTS who aim to take over the world specially Pakistan unfortunately chanting the Kalma as well whilst being on their deadly missions.

I may seem to digress from the issue when I speak of Kerry Lugar bill , but the fact is that the bill itself is related all these things discussed above . the need and the never ending hunger from the west , india and Israel to actually control the workings of this nation be it nuclear program , its defence infrastructure , its people with begging bowels and its media . all of that God Forbidden is in their hands once than their will be no need to OCCUPY the land of pure LITERALLY . this very bill has been rejected comprehensively [ not just few clauses as reported in the media ] by the only patriotic entity of this country besides the people of paksitan . but the VIRUS instilled from the west in the form of a local parasite called as DEMOCRACY has played its role here as an antigen to hamper the interest of the country. The zardari brigade has PROSTATED and bowed down to their worldly Gods and that too by buying some time from the army. Ironically people of this country still remain in the fantasy land thinking judiciary is free , politicians will one day save them and life will move on. Life never moves on it leads to the longevity of the pain caused.

And there are some who continue to sing their songs of DEMOCRACY , JUDICIARY , POLICY MAKING BY POLITICIANS AND ANTI JIHAD RHETORIC ..the answer to all of these sleeping idiots is that nothing will save you the day u will run for your lives because nothing in the world can change the rule of nature. Good can only lose to evil for longer term but the win always and has been on the RIGHT side versus the LEFT .

Pakistan army is made to go under serious stretching and pressure , but the nation owes them a big thanks for saving us time and time again from the vultures who have been eyeing us for long time with the help of their assets in Pakistan as well. Zardari brigade even went on to say that india should join the friends of pakistan club, one can only doubt either the sanity or the obvious LACK OF LOVE for the country. The other billionaire who calls him self the leader of the masses is so lip tied that it seems the snipers from Washington will take his shot the moment he utters a word for the country or the army or against the ZIONISTs’ installed Zardari Brigade.

Lahore will survive , Pakistan will survive , India can go as far as it can to test our limit we are the sons of Tipu Sultan, Salah uddin Ayubi and Khalid Bin Waleed.. our patience and stamina to warfare can only gather momentum and gain strength with time.. Insha’Allah

May Allah Bless Pakistan , its people its Army and its ideology of Islam ..Ameen

US Ambassador Patterson MUST be EXPELLED

Source : www.ammar360.com
Written by : Ammar Faheem

You cannot tolerate vipers in your bosom without getting bitten,’ Ambassador Patterson said. ‘Our concern is whether Pakistan really controls its territory. There are people who do not threaten Pakistan but who are extremely important to us.’’

After controlled media leaks about US concerns of a Taliban ’safe-haven’ in Quetta, the US Ambassador in Pakistan has come out and spoken to the media about it. Instead of a denial of reports that the US might attack the provincial capital of Baluchistan with drones, she says the US will have to do what it has to do to take out terrorists.

Enough is enough, Ms. Patterson. The outrage the Pakistani nation will come up with if anything as such happens will really be very painful for US interests in the region.

Ms. Patterson says several Pakistani officials have made it ‘crystal clear’ to her that the Taliban are a strategic asset to Pakistan in case the US has to withdraw from Afghanistan and the Taliban come into power; now implying that Pakistan is supporting insurgency in Pakistan or anywhere.

The United States really will never stop whining. After a major counter-insurgency operation in Swat, they still express their lack of trust over Pakistan’s ability to contain and crush terrorism.
It leads one to believe that it really is not about terrorism. It really is not about insurgencies. It is actually about the dirty US goal to destabilize and colonize Pakistan. It is about having put the Frontier province on fire and now to support anti-state elements in Baluchistan. The US wants to provide opportunities to them amongst all the mayhem that drone attacks here shall bring with them.

We also have to understand the significance of Quetta as a strategic military base of the Pakistan army. The command and staff college is situated there. And now of all times, the so called ‘Quetta Shura’ of the Taliban tops the US agenda and not Waziristan/FATA.

Will it not give confidence to anti-state elements to take-on the Pakistan army openly in the very heart of the province with US support? Will it not send a signal to them that not even the Pakistan army is secure in its own country?

I believe it is time to crush US war-hysteria in the region once and for all in Pakistan; diplomatically or militarily. Ms. Patterson has so wrongly been led to believe that she enjoys absolute authority over Pakistan and she can come and say whatever she wants to the Pakistani media. She must be told she is an Ambassador and nothing more and nothing less. She must also be told that she is an Ambassador of what every Pakistani believes is a ‘Hostile’ country.

We, I believe, should now go on the offensive and we should deliver selective strikes inside Afghanistan destroying drones and whatever equipment is to be used against Pakistan.
Ms. Patterson – Who are you to tell us we have no control over our territory? Who are you to tell us what we have to do with the insurgents inside?

I urge the Pakistan army to take strict notice of any suspicious military movement across the Pakistani border near Quetta. I urge the government of Pakistan to expel Ambassador Patterson for crossing the line one time too many.

Zaid Hamid on Operation Rah e Raast ..IDPs and problems faced by pakistan

Signs for Men of Understanding

As our heroes continue to fight in the battle field some elements in our very ranks continue doing what they do best ..Destabilize and demoralize the nation. The statement from ISPR suggesting the role of help that TTP is getting from Afghan Taliban shows either a tactic to appease or double play the real enemy otherwise it demands a clear explanation .Jamaat E Islaami Pakistan once played a great role in the Afghan war now distances itself from any righteous actions it seems , the students from their political wing are much busy in beating the hell out of their political rivals , where as the senior leadership is busy criticizing the army ..Someone should ask them what is the solution they have in mind ..this is where it gets wrong..No one has the courage to DENOUNCE publically those political factions who have become more of a pressure group. Alienating themselves from the national interests these people have developed a NATURE of the left wing with no basis to its so called principles. in times when our majors and SSG commandoes are leaving their families behind , toddlers as orphans and parents and wvies saying we will sacrifice everything for the country.these pressure groups JI, JUI and sadly PTI for the moment has become none other than foes instead of friends.it was the MMA govt that called for army on the pressure of federal govt and intelligence agencies but never allowed them to engage in an operation of any kind allowing a coherent organized army of the monsters who have become a menace to the people. That on their part was criminal negligence.

Those who criticize the army by putting it this way that the soldiers are patriotic but the generals and the colonels are mere American puppets, merely out of a habit I believe … must know that during this very operation very HIGH RANKING officials are themselves in the battlefield leading their men in the most difficult war of all time. No country in the world has been doing it like Pakistan, if we were Americans or Israelis human life and collateral damage wasn’t and mustn’t be an issue for us .carpet bombing as these two nations are apt at ..we would have opted the very move every time the enemy was marked. It’s easier said than done and those who do it can only feel what its like in a gorilla war specially when our enemy is not even wearing uniforms like LTTE or Hamas for that matter.

On the other hand the inactions and criminal negligence of the political government is making the IDPs suffer the most, these are people who hardly had the scorching sun in those beautiful valleys , their kids were more habitual of playing in gardens and fruit farms and mountains are left in the open in heat as maddening as hell it seems. Where is the money going and why isn’t it filtering down to the bottom where it needs to be spent. On a sad note the motivation level of the nation is so low that it comes nowhere close to the days when earthquake hit the northern areas. In this scenario a nationwide campaign should have been launched to motivate the people from every part of the country to either volunteer or to aid their other country men. Provincial govt seems too busy in giving names to the president and calling it urgent for the medals of bravery for their own party men. Afzal Khan Lala is a courageous man indeed but shouldn’t it be a better action if the medal for his bravery be instead set up in the face of a trust made in his name for people from the region, and he himself visiting them sometimes so people actually could relate to them and feel part of the whole process.

June is being said to be the most critical month this year that’s when the butcher mentality US chief for Afghanistan takes his charge, more bloodshed and more drone attacks will therefore be seen. America is pushing Pakistan to start the final offensive in Waziristan even before they finish the swat episode. This is where army will be pushed to its maximum and uncomfortable stretch. How the events will unfold if indeed they will is yet to be seen..

Finally …stop playing politics Pakistan..Nations suffer and nations rise too ..Every storm has a price..no one can relate to the plight of the father who was shot only because he refused marrying his daughters to the faceless , monstrous Taliban ..these people fled because they were suffering , can you even dare to relate to the trauma that a 9 year old suffered from ..why..Because he saw a body with out a head on the road..this war is for Pakistan ..And sacrifices are a calling of the cause therefore.

Support IDPs ..Hear them , help them , comfort them , and aid them ..serve them ,serve us …serve Pakistan

May Allah Bless Pakistan

Note ..one can view a Report of DawnNews Correspondent Arshad Sharif reports from Matta. WATCH VIDEO

Travelling with the Pak Army in Buner

Kashif Abbasi of Ary One world travelled to Buner on May 14th 2009

The Battle for Swat

As Foreign media may put it’s battle of survival’ .where in reality it is a much more complex scenario. Pakistan Army is on the offensive and Taliban are on the defensive. Those who support Sufi Muhammad were put in to question with the news coming out from the area that Moulvi Kifayat Ullah [son of Sufi Muhammad ] was killed when army responded after an attack on them ,this indeed sheds a good light on the situation , TSNM may now have completely surrendered to the authority dictated by Fazullah’s men and is therefore more irrelevant now.

In times when Pakistan army needs support more than ever and fortunately public support is with them earnestly . The actions that were taken in the President’s disgraceful trip to US must make every Pakistani regret of their choices in the face of these politicians . However more interestingly, those who were very much taking charge of this visit are all those who had nothing to do with the people of Pakistan and were instead installed by their bosses in UK and US. Rehman Malik, Hussain Haqqani , Zardari and now Bilawal Zardari comes in the picture. sounds more like a monarchy.

Sadly as things unfold the nation will be made to suffer more , as news coming from the trip are not so rosy, After the shameful Press conference appearance of our President where he and his BROTHER Karzai were dealt in a manner must like school boys sitting with their counselor ; Hillary Clinton , all Mr.Zardari had on his paper [ handed to him by none other than “Washington’s Ambassador to Pakistan”, Mr. Hussain Haqqani] was about DEMOCRACY, and his much cherished FRIENDS IN US. There was no word on drones, civilian lives lost or US’s support to india. It seems trade is more important in these times and that too not for us but for INDIANS .so that Pakistan suffers and Zardari prospers.

Also when foreign and LOCAL media who has this strange JUDGEMENT issue in their scrutiny , criticize the Pak Army when they oblige due to Nizam E Adal Regulation in place for having secret ties with Taliban , is now again on the offensive blaming them of not taking care of civilian lives and the displaced people.

It is however a serious situation that is emerging and the corrupt and slave govt of ours is not at all ready and concerned about those who are continuously fleeing the area in the wake of operation. It is not the job of Pakistan Army but the job of Federal Govt to provide them with food, and shelter. No tangible work has been done so far. Fortunately and unfortunately [coz it makes the elite more complacent] Pakistan happens to be a nation that comes in top 5 list of Generous Nations , it’s the charities and welfare trusts that are helping these people who never before had to sleep in the open.

Finally for those who criticize Pakistan Army, here is a documentary made by Raageh Omaar of Aljazeera [ and is not a Army funded film in anyway] so that we get a flavor of what our soldiers do to protect us .Its easier said than done.










Note: this documentary was Filmed in Dec ..thats when Loee Sam was not captured and Bajaur was the most active zone of the Tehreek E Taliban Paksitan. As of today..Bajaur is in COMPLETE control of Pakistan Army ..and Mohamand and Orakzai are the trouble zones.

Pakistani Taliban Movement & US Agenda

Pakistan president signed Swat peace pact as demanded by parliament, NWFP government, locals of Swat and Malakand Agency. Government and Armed Forces fully endorsed the pact with the hope of establishment of permanent peace in the area. The political leadership has favoured the government steps towards restoring of peace but some black sheep present amongst Taliban are still trying to enforce their self composed agenda with the support of foreign hands. Murdering / abducting of police and security elements, lashing of a girl, capturing Buner , not dropping weapons, challenging government writ, un-acceptance of high and supreme courts authorities, threatening media declaring political parties and democracy as “Kufar” (un-Islamic) and rejecting NWFP act of establishing Darul Qaza reveal, (one) either Sufi Muhammad do not has any control over the armed wings of Taliban, (two) some of Taliban groups supported by foreign elements are continuously trying to sabotage the peace process while challenging the government writ ,(three) Taliban desire to enforce their agenda only through force, (four ) Taliban are playing deliberately or unconsciously in the hands of anti Pakistan forces/ countries, (five) some of Taliban groups headed by Baitullah Mehsood are not interested in restoring of peace in the area. Anyhow Pakistani nation has seriously started thinking that why Taliban of Swat and surrounding areas are not behaving and abiding by the state’s laws despite that government has accepted their demands and enforced the Islamic Justice System in the area. They seem to be working for the instability of Pakistan which is in fact the Americans and her ally’s agenda. Pakistani political parties (including Jimat-e- Islami & Imran Khan’ Therik–e–Insaaf) and military leadership condemned the Taliban and Sufi Muhammad statements regarding democracy and others affairs.

The western media coupled with some of Pakistani political leader has started propagating that Taliban is going to take over Islamabad and its nuclear assets. Mr Obama is advocating for hot peruse since his pre-elected era as US President has started yelling again that Islamabad Government is very week and is unable to control Talibanization in Pakistan . On April 29, 2009 while addressing a news conference President Babrak Obama said that civilian government in Pakistan is very fragile and don’t seem to have the capacity to deliver basic services: schools, health care, rule of law, a judicial system that works for the majority of the people. The US aim of squabbling Islamabad government and propagating Talibanization of Pakistan indicate that Pentagon has launched preemptive prior to carryout some physical actions deep inside of Pakistan territory .

At the same time he also stated that Pakistan military had begun to realize that home-grown militants are more dangerous and not India posed the biggest threat to stability. Obama also told in the news conference that he was confident about the security of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal and that the Pakistan Army recognised the dangers of weapons falling into the wrong hands. On the contrary, in the recent past the American administration criticized Pakistan Armed Forces, ISI and also tried to malign these agencies for supporting Taliban. The questions arise, why this shift in policy and pressure on Pakistan is being mounted on prior to start of three nation’s talks which will be held in next week. The answer is, “Washington is probably now interested to make a dent in the relationship of political and military leadership”. US authorities has also started showing carrot to Mr. Nawaz Shiref, which means that they have selected an alternative of the present government and will try to create another political turmoil in Pakistan.

The changing stance and giving such type of statements once the three nation’s talks are going to be held soon in Washington have increased the tension particular between Pakistan and US. Henry Clinton very rightly said that Presidents of US, Pakistan and Afghanistan will carry out the talks under the tense environment. Mrs. Clinton and her colleagues should know that tense environment is because of biased policy of America and its allies in relation to war against terror. India is being given undue advantage in the region against Pakistan and China. Obama administration seems to be living in fool paradise once she says that India is not a threat to Pakistan. Here I would also say that launching any physical campaign against nuclear Pakistan by US or any of its allies will be a suicidal mission for them.


In this context one can simply say that Obama deliberately wants to close his eyes on the core regional issue i.e. Kashmir and just asking Pakistan to do more by pitching her in so called war on terror. It is wroth mentioning here that American top brass has the strategy of controlling the states while admiring and encouraging one or some of the components of any targeted government. Thus, we can say that Washington believes in the policy of divide and rule. US is applying same strategy to be effective now on Islamabad. Let’s hope that our government tackles this situation wisely. The statements of Obama and some official of his administration will also be taken as their futile efforts at the time of President Zardari visit. Here I also want to add that such type of statements of any head of the state or official should also be termed as unethical part of diplomatic norms and customs. Unfortunately, in this regard, American leadership is on the top of the list. On April 30, 2009 Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani responded promptly on Obam’s current statement while saying that US supported a dictator, Pervez Musharraf, for eight years and the present democratic government continues to suffer from its effects. As usual American government now explained that Obama’s Statement have been published in the media without any reference to the context and they believe that present government is capable to handle all types of crises.

Now coming to the ongoing Taliban Problem of Swat and Buner the exaggerated, situation have been painted by the foreign press to carry out media trial of Pakistan. The world probably does not aware of the facts that these few Taliban will never be successful in taking control of Pakistan; since it is an Islamic moderate nuclear state and its majority is true believer of real Islam. We also know that the current situation occurred as a result of the demand of few uneducated persons, which is not even closer to the actual concept of Islam. The Taliban movement has nothing to do with Islam or ideology. They are illiterate and jobless people. Not a single Taliban belongs to a well-off family. In Swat three types of people reside i.e. (1) kissan (peasants or working class, which are Gujjars and Kohistanis), (2) Kashran (nominated people by jirgas who help implement orders), and (3) Mashran (advisors, lumberdars or deputies of the Maliks). Above them are Maliks who rule. The Taliban leadership forcibly employing the jobless youth and paying them monthly salary from Rs. 3,000 to 8,000 along with arms and weapons. For money they do everything which they are ordered to do as the saying goes you can win “the Pakhtoon by bribe and Baloch by tap”. From where this money is coming, from where these weapons are pouring in – this is not a million dollar question, which has no answer. Obviously there is foreign backing and support of all kinds.

These Taliban have not only defaced Islam or Shariah but they have also destroyed the Pakhtoon culture. Pakhtoons are traditionally hospitable and respectful. But the Taliban have demolished this concept. They deceive, cheat and betray – contrary to the Islamic code of ethics. They in the name of talks hold hostage government officials, police or FC men and demand ransom like thugs and kidnappers. They raid mazars of pirs, have desecrated Rehman Baba and Khush-hal Khan Khattaks tombs and kill the spiritual leaders – basically for the sake of looting money from their abodes. They have threatened t Many ask why the Taliban fighters wear masks and hide their faces, while Islam prohibits such a practice, kindly refer to Surah al-Baqara’s Ayaat number 11 and 12. If it is because they do not want to have photographed as it is forbidden in Islam, then why Muslim Khan and others hold press talks in front of TV cameras. Many of them must have got their NADRA cards and passports with their photographs. The only reason seems to be that the Taliban have a number of foreigners in their ranks and files who want to hide themselves from public.

On April 30, 2009 Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj-Gen Athar Abbas revealed in a media conference that due to the successful operation, launched jointly by the FC and the Pakistan Army, life was returning to normalcy in Lower Dir. He said Buner and Lower Dir have been cleared however Sultanwas and Pir Baba are still with the militants. The FC has established its headquarters at Daggar, he added. DG ISPR also disclosed that government and the security forces had been exercising maximum restraint despite clear violations of peace deal by the Taliban and moreover militants are being supported by hostile agencies and the countries adjacent to Afghan border. These hostile agencies are CIA, RAW and RAAM. Pakistan Has already asked Afghan governments and US to seize the border by erecting proper obstacles but somehow Karzai and Washington never gave positive response to this suggestion. US always insisted in increasing her forces in Afghanistan which only reflect her ultimate desire of staying in the region to contain China, Russia and capture the natural resources of Central Asian states. Though, Pakistan is passing through the most dangerous period since her inception but her nation, Armed Forces and Intelligence agencies are strong enough to defeat the conspiracy against the lonely nuclear Muslim state. There is strong perception in the masses that US never tried to hit Baitullah Mehsood due to one or other pretext and at the same time is trying to get help from Iran to make the northern alliance strong .The deliberate silence over Iran nuclear programme now , asking help from Iran in northern portion of Afghanistan, supporting India and anti Pakistan Taliban, criticizing Islamabad , Army and Intelligence agencies , backing Baloch Liberation Movement are enough examples of showing ulterior motive of Washington .

The region is contaminated with variety of Taliban, CIA Taliban, Mullah Omer Taliban, KGB Taliban, Punjabi Taliban,, warlords of the Mujahideen, drug cartels, al Qaeda terrorist groups, extreme religious fanatics, mercenaries and foreign troops all interlinked to one another, each trying to rule, plunder, loot and kill in the name of Islam. CIA with the help of her adopted kids (RAW, RAAM AND Mossad) is deliberately tarnishing the ISI image by involving the later in helping Taliban. But I will just say that Pakistani nation, its security forces and intelligence agencies are strong enough to defeat the interior and exterior anti Pakistan elements and foreign hands .Media has started positive role in the current situation.

Concluding I must ask my nation to be untied and strengthen our Armed forces, its intelligence agencies and throw away black sheep present amongst us. We must pay tribute to the troops of security forces, people who have left their area, laid their lives for fighting Pakistan Battle. American top brass must know that they are earning hate and nothing else by involving them in crushing innocent people particularly Muslims. I would also like to ask my Taliban brothers to come on right track, throw away the weapons, hold the pen and join the main stream of Pakistani nation and fight for true Islam instead enforcing self composed agenda and playing in the foreign hands.

Author : Zaheer Ul Hassan

Munir Akram Debunks Washington: Militants Not ‘Existential Threat’

Associated Press of Pakistan
Saturday, 2 May 2009.

NEW YORK, May 2 (APP): A former top Pakistani diplomat has said that the rising insurgency in Pakistan could only be reversed through a nationally endorsed strategy, not one “made in America.”

“The surge of militancy threatens Pakistan’s progressive aspirations, but it is not an existential threat,” Munir Akram, who served as Pakistan’s U.N. ambassador from 2002 to 2008, said in a letter published in “The New York Times” Saturday.

Akram was responding to an editorial earlier this week in which the leading American newspaper expressed concern over what it called was a lack of an adequate response to the Taliban advancing towards Islamabad.

“The onus for action against the insurgency cannot continue to be put on the Army, the former envoy said.

”Pakistan is now ruled by a civilian democratic government. Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has declared that the army will carry out the government’s policies. The Swat deal, whatever its flaws, was negotiated by the elected Frontier provincial government and endorsed by the Pakistani Parliament”.

In conclusion, Akram said, “United States aerial strikes, dictation and coercion only strengthen support for the militants in the Frontier and reinforce the common perception that Pakistan is being forced to fight “America’s war.”

Pakistani concerns are further aroused by American demands that Pakistan move troops away from its eastern border even while India continues to deploy three‑fourths of its vast forces against Pakistan”.

Obama Is Lying About Pakistan

By AHMED QURAISHI

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan—There is not a single towering personality in the Pakistani landscape today, with enough credibility, strong personality and effective communication skills, to stand up and tell U.S. President Barack Obama: You are a liar.

It is not difficult to respond to the entire American psy-ops on Pakistan, which are built on half-truths, disinformation and in some cases outright lies. This campaign is successful mainly because of the broad influence of the U.S. media in setting the world news agenda.

Before listing the exact points where Mr. Obama is lying, let me briefly sum up the existing situation.

AMERICA’S PLAYGROUND

In less than two years, the United States has successfully managed to drop from news headlines its failure to pacify Afghanistan. The focus of the Anglo-American media – American and British – has been locked on Pakistan. In order to justify this shift, multiple insurgencies and endless supply of money and weapons has trickled from U.S.-occupied Afghanistan into Pakistan to sustain a number of warlords inside Pakistan whom the American media calls ‘Taliban’ but they are actually nothing but hired mercenaries with sophisticated weapons who mostly did not even exist as recently as the year 2005.

No other nation in the world would have tolerated half the arrogance that the Americans are showing Pakistan. But thanks to a mistake by former President Musharraf – sometime in late 2006 when he consented to allow the U.S. to manipulate domestic politics through direct engagement with Benazir Bhutto and other players – Washington was given a free hand to deal directly with individual players inside Pakistan and recruit supporters and proxies.

Today, there are many parties inside Pakistan that are pushing the U.S. agenda and very few of those who would come out and condemn how the U.S. media and officials are single-handedly tarnishing Pakistan’s image worldwide to justify a military intervention.

This is precisely why senior Pakistani military officers are gradually coming out of their self-imposed ban on public activity to counter this nasty American psy-ops. Pakistanis need to watch this carefully.

On 24 April, Chief of Army Staff Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, in the words of an official press release, “condemned pronouncements by outside powers raising doubts on the future of the Country,” a veiled reference to a spate of official U.S. statements and planted media reports predicting the collapse of the Pakistani state.

On 25 April, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman issued a statement saying that PAF “will continue to maintain its optimum operational readiness to undertake all types of missions against all internal and external threats … Pakistan Air Force is capable of providing instant support to Pak Army as and when directed by Government of Pakistan. To keep PAF at the highest state of Operational Readiness is my number one priority,” the Air Chief said in a public statement.

And on 1 May, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen. Tariq Majeed called a meeting of the military leadership and an official statement made sure to underscore that “the meeting took place against the backdrop of widespread propaganda unleashed by the western media about the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.”

The military statement was being nice. The propaganda was not unleashed by the ‘Western media’ but exclusively by the American media.

This unusual series of public statements by the Pakistani military leadership was an indirect repudiation of the sheepish attitude of the Pakistani politicians who failed to reflect the will of the Pakistani people. Amazingly, while U.S. media organizations and U.S. officials continued their propaganda about the imminent fall of Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, in the hands of unknown terrorists, not a single official from the elected government came out to clarify the position from a Pakistani perspective. The world continued to feed on U.S. propaganda and psy-ops for several days until the public statements from the Pakistani military set the record straight. That is when a couple of government officials, like President’s Advisor Dr. Babar Awan, released statements contradicting the U.S. propaganda.

Interestingly, even Mr. Nawaz Sharif, supposedly the opposition leader, refrained from criticizing the U.S. aggressive posturing toward Pakistan. Mr. Sharif, more vengeful than statesmanlike, is hoping these days that Washington will support his bid to become the next all-powerful President after the Americans ditch a weakened President Zardari.

OBAMA’S LIES

Mr. Obama basically chose a domestic event – a press briefing on completing 100 days in office – to unveil what essentially amounts to a declaration of war against another country. The declaration was stage-managed to look accidental and not deliberate. Considering the serious nature of his pronouncements, there is no question these were well prepared in advance. This ‘accidental’ declaration of war should henceforth be taught in public relations classes as a classic lesson in how to deceive your public and voters and declare war without raising any alarm.

Mr. Obama first made an astonishing remark, that he is concerned about the fate of the elected Pakistani government because it cannot provide services to the people. Ironically, this was a swipe at the fake democracy that Washington itself helped erect a year ago with its direct intervention to bring Benazir Bhutto and later her husband Asif Zardari to power.

Now the U.S. President, no less, has taken it upon himself to criticize the ability of what he called the “civilian government”, as opposed to a military government, to provide for the people.

It seems Washington is trying to nudge the Pakistani military again to seize power. The Americans are doing it in subtle ways. One is Obama’s swipe. A second way is what Adm. Mike Mullen, the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, has done. He was allowed to join the panel of the U.S. Time magazine in choosing Gen. Kayani, the Pakistani army chief, to be among the top 2o most influential people in the world. To work up Gen. Kayani’s ego, Adm. Mullen wrote the following words:

“I don't remember all the details of my first meeting with General Ashfaq Kayani, the Pakistan army's Chief of Staff. But I do remember thinking, Here is a man with a plan, a leader who knows where he wants to go. He seemed to understand the nature of the extremist threat inside Pakistan, recognized that his army wasn't ready to meet that threat and had already started working up solutions.”

The Americans are obviously hoping they can have Gen. Kayani in their pockets and use him to achieve their goals in the region. That is why President Obama in his ‘accidental’ speech on Pakistan shed these crocodile tears: "I'm more concerned that the civilian government there right now is very fragile.”

And in another nudge for the Pakistani military, what President Obama’s top general for Pakistan and Afghanistan told an American television channel was even more damning. Fox News reported on Thursday that Commander U.S. Central Command Gen. David Petraeus has told U.S. officials the next two weeks were ‘critical to determining whether the Pakistani government will survive.’

But in what is sure to be one of the most hypocritical statements to ever come out from the mouth of the leader of the Free World, Mr. Obama said this: "We want to respect their sovereignty, but we also recognize that we have huge strategic interests -- huge national security interests -- in making sure that Pakistan is stable and that you don't end up having a nuclear-armed militant state."

If Mr. Husain Haqqani, the Pakistani ambassador in Washington who basically is the overseer of the Bhutto-Musharraf deal that brought the present ‘democracy’ to Pakistan, has any feelings for his country, he should call an important press conference and tell the American people the following truths that their media and politicians are hiding from them:

1. American Anti-Pakistanism: The most spectacular, anti-Pakistan media campaign ever against our country has been launched by the U.S. media and continues unabated, with the purpose of softening the international opinion for a possible military action against Pakistan. And there is no question that this campaign has some backing from official U.S. quarters as was the case in the propaganda that preceded the invasion of Iraq.

2. Stop Grooming & Training Separatists Inside Pakistan: With prodding from CIA, academic programs are being launched in the U.S. that advocate the breakup of Pakistan and the creation of smaller entities. This has to stop.

3. Terrorism Inside Pakistan Is Not The Main Story. The real story is America’s failure to bring peace to Afghanistan despite the passage of seven years on its direct occupation of the country. Terrorism in Pakistan is a result of the American failure in Afghanistan. We trusted the Americans. And what did they do? They let Osama bin Laden escape from Tora Bora, and then the Americans refused to listen to our advice and filled the puppet government in Kabul with the same people who helped Osama escape.

4. Don’t Lecture Us On India: The United States and its sidekick, Britain, have decided that India will be their slave-soldier in Asia in the 21st century. They want India to fight China and stabilize Afghanistan. They now want Pakistan to accept Indian military and intelligence presence in Afghanistan, forget about Kashmir and the water disputes, and turn the Pakistani military into a little more than a local police force tasked with killing anyone who doesn’t like America’s occupation of Afghanistan.

5. India IS Pakistan’s enemy until proven otherwise through actions and not words: Someone has to teach Mrs. Clinton, President Obama and their other team members some lessons in strategy. India continues to prove by actions that it is an enemy of Pakistan. This does not apply to the people of India but it certainly applies to their government and their intelligence services, their media, and their ‘non-state actors’. The world should know that India in 1972 launched a unilateral invasion of Pakistan exploiting a domestic political crisis and helped break up Pakistan. We have never done anything similar to India before that year. This naked aggression by India was never condemned by the so-called leaders of the free world and continues to be overlooked. India is portrayed as a responsible country despite having committed aggression against a smaller neighbor without provocation. Can the Americans guarantee India will not do this again?

6. The Afghan Taliban Are Not A Threat To America: The Afghan Taliban have never operated outside their country and are attacking American and other occupation forces inside Afghanistan as a result of the occupation. Washington should stop deliberately confusing the world about the difference between the Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda. The al Qaeda is a terrorist organization that should be eliminated, and has considerably been eliminated.

7. Eliminating Afghan Taliban Is Not Pakistan’s Responsibility: It is America’s responsibility to bring the Pashtun in Afghanistan into the power structure and defuse tensions.

8. So-called Pakistani Taliban Are No Threat To America: Although money and weapons for these militants are coming from U.S-controlled Afghanistan, many of the recruits and fighters are Pakistanis and we will deal with them any way we deem fit. It is not for Washington to decide how we do this.

When karachi burns..

Salaar khan is one of the IDPs {internally displaced people] who moved from tribal areas to Karachi mainly because Karachi is a place he thought he can get shelter , where his relatives have been living for decades. But he was wrong , he is not welcomed and those on one end of the city are eyeing him for an association are vowing to giving him support where as the other party concerned is vying to displace him once again because Karachi belongs to them. Salaar and his family are therefore in limbo, counting every minute of their life as a blessing from divine. They had their house , a reasonable living , a source of income to live about..and now they are begging for safety.

Karachi burnt for three days , and Islamabad remained silent..said by many as a semblance of ..criminal silence ..PPP refuses to point a figure on his respected allies who wine and dine with the American and british delegates more often than any other political party in Pakistan, their relations with democrats and republicans both are alike..friendly and consistant..Because POLICIES are consistent between them.

People died and wept for mercy but there was none ..Because for one ..Karachi belongs to them ..And for the other .its for everyone ..those who died were not urdu speaking or pakhtuns ..They were Pakistanis..does any one cared about that .In any other country , things would have experienced a halt ..a sorrowful pause ..and an urgent emergency would have been declared to bring facts out. But this is Pakistan..where might is ALWAYS right.

Those why cry about talibanisation of Karachi are refusing the simple logic that why would Taliban abandon their glamourous rule in Swat, Orakzai , Mommand , and other agencies ..and instead move to Karachi ,where another army [ a private one offcourse] is waiting for the battle come what may .

Tehreek E Taliban Paksitan is a militant outfit , it has no ideology , just like these thugs in white collar attire..TTP will only expand its operations in Karachi when a proper supply line is ensured from abroad, incase the RULERS in karachi have provided them with one ..there indeed exists no reason for them to come and conquer the Jewel of the crown ..

On one of the talk shows yesterday ..A Senator from PPP, Faisal Raza Abidi ..proudly and sarcastically asks Waseem Akhtar, an MNA from MQM ..why don’t u do anything about those 250 armed men situated in Rufi Green Land ,Gulistan E jauhar Karachi if you are so concerned about karachi’ and the reply is a mere SMILE ..a smile that tells all ..we call the shots ..

There is a inevitable calling for these power corridors to be eliminated in principle ..where these corrupt , insane monsters are to be replaced ..even a reasonably idiot bunch can serve Pakistan better when compared with these thugs.

So if a pakhtun dies ..he is labeled to be ANP worker , and same for the urdu speaking member of the society ..karachi burnt and continues to burn ..only that we have become too immune with this rage of insanity from both ends.For now all of them are living much to their reputation.

May Allah Bless Pakistan ..Ameen

CIA Destabilizing Pakistan

Nowhere in the world a country is subjected so rigorously and intensively to destructive clandestine activities, be they overt or covert, as Pakistan is by the CIA.

It’s CIA’s war based on flawed intelligence on which a national strategic plan of the US security is formulated called the AFPAK strategy. US security concerns has put Pakistan on highway to destabilization. The strategy has an overt face of an aid package of $1.5 billion annually along with certain US personalities like Richard Holbrooke and Admiral Mike Mullen visiting us very frequently and assuring us of their full support. But there is a covert face to this, one run by the US intelligence for which we as a nation are paying heavily at the cost of our sovereignty and stability.No matter what is the people’s mandate or what great democratic institutions we intend building, whether it is the PML- N or PPPP the ruling party will matter least as long as the CIA keeps the drones overhead, expands the occupation in Afghanistan and increases clandestine intelligence activities.

The CIA is fully assisted by RAW in Balochistan. MI6, Mossad are rendering operational and counter support. The successors to the KGB have scores to settle with ISI and CIA and are fully involved as a spoiler trying to involve more US and Pakistan men and material in the region to avenge their biggest defeat in Afghanistan. KGB and RAW were old partners in the Cold War and their successors continue to enjoy cordial relationship and are eyeing at their mission to collapse Pakistan.The region is infested with variety of Taliban, CIA Taliban, Mullah Omer Taliban, KGB Taliban, Punjabi Taliban, ISI Taliban, warlords of the Mujahideen, drug cartels, al Qaeda terrorist groups, extreme religious fanatics, mercenaries and foreign troops all interlinked to one another, each trying to rule, plunder, loot and kill in the name of Islam. The CIA with the overall command assisted by the US and NATO troops dominates Pakistan ruling class and dictates its requirements at all levels to do more. It alleges ISI involvement with the Taliban with the result the trust has diminished at both ends.

The CIA wants ISI to weaken or neutralized, so that they could have a free run to our nuclear assets. We are in the most precarious situation from all directions. It is become too complicated and complex intelligence situation with no victors or vanquished in sight.The track record of CIA’s operational and counter intelligence activities is extremely chequered. Their graph speaks volumes of their inefficient organization, incompetent manpower, wrong propaganda and misuse of their capabilities. The destructions they have caused and the brutal killings of the innocent people by the thousands have made people hate Americans especially in the Muslim world. Turmoil that we inherit today is US government blunder for withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1990 when the region needed them the most.

The creation of militant Taliban, re-organizing and strengthening of al Qaeda are all the out come of American strategy evolved few months before 9/11. The region has spun out of control right from the day when the CIA gave a false and exaggerated finished intelligence to the US President on 9/11 episode accusing both the Taliban and al Qaeda from this region. The wrong intelligence estimate united not only both the groups but the over all command structure shifted to al Qaeda as the American propaganda gave hyped projection to this terrorist group much above its capabilities. Osama bin Laden became a Muslim world hero. His organization still remains obscure with billion of dollars and thousand of people massacred to locate one Osama.The time has come to take the situation in our own hands, though very late.

Pakistan political government needs to take initiative, they need to get out of camera sessions and get the people’s confidence to lead. The Pakistan Army I consider the best fighting machine and with more political stability and people’s backing in the country the army can go stronger and its morale higher. Let us rise above party politics and stand united.

Let’s give our army full support and make ISI conduct the operation with full backing from all political parties, government and the media.

The writer is an MPA from Attock and Chairman Chief Minister’s Task Force on Agriculture

Asli Munsif Phir Aayein Gain

Adal K Aiwaaanon main Keh do
Asli Munsif Phir Aayein Gain

Whilst the whole of the country was in a state of trance [at least apparently ] talking about Justice and all the rule of law during the Lawyers Movement, the Antagonist as well as the Protagonist both knew that no change can be called a change when associated with a person. We are dealing with people who are normal as anyone should be, we all are sinners, and we all have had our dark alleys where we bargain our ethics and our norms.

Paksitan today is on the verge of a paradigm shift.. we have heard this cliché’ before as well not once not twice but this very cliché’ is the beginning of the speeches of all our politicians. but they fact is that words become meaningless when repeated too often as a lie.

Speaking of the paradigm shift, The nation had never before witnessed the GREAT GAME in its application; our foreign policy is lame and our enemies are not even shy of showing their very faces to the people of this country and we are busy collecting and begging dollars in the name of God knows what and even having the audacity to call it a victory for Pakistan and its friends. Really US is a friend? but friends don’t put conditions Mr. President , ok you may answer Mr. Foreign Minister after all you were praised for your level headed attitude with Holbrooke. Do you really think this is the right way to lead our country…and the Answer is NO.

Taliban are out and shining just like the sun [in Malakand , Mohmand , Orakzai,and some pockets of Kurram and Khyber Agency, and Waziristan ] and they can venture about anywhere that will be easy to TRY at least. Swat deal is bound to fail because Taliban are not in Sufi Muhammad’s Control, after what will happen to their glamorous outfits and those heroic patrolling of the streets their masters outside the border will continue lending their support till and when they can
I happen to live in Karachi, where according to some Taliban are just about to knock our doors too , for over a week a new violence spree has been witnessed by karachiites much to their horror , and its not even mentioned in mainstream media. Why because Baluchistan is witnessing a shutter down strike, NWFP has its own issues, FATA is being managed by armed forces in the best way possible, and Punjab is still being negotiated for the places where to sit in opposition or Provincial Cabinet.

Be it politicians or people in main stream media ,analysts or Former Civil Services officer every one talk about war on terror and the role of Post Soviet Afghanistan war in Pakistan linking it with the current situation in Pakistan, but only few tend to actually define the problem that actually invited and continues its invitation for a foreign intervention and a weakened state of writ – The fact that we are yet to witness a leadership that takes its responsibility for its actions and future goals.

Taliban are no different from these very politicians in the manner that they don’t care for ordinary lives and humanity, their goal is to establish a writ of their own. A Principle that might is INDEED right, they can be foreign aided, some of them may be even foreigners as well but not all, most of them belonged to the same society we live in, deprived of all the necessities that shape up a man in to human. They are no scholars therefore their version of Islam is of entirely different nature than that of the one led by Prophet Muhammad SAW.People of this country want Justice, and Peace and Equality for All, I repeat Justice, Peace and Equality in that very order.


This Battle may become a battle of two villains – Taliban and Politicians, anarchy will be further augmented for a while but from an optimist point of view this may pave way for those who were never able to serve this country because of a corrupt system in place.

Yet another system of Injustice may overwhelm and prevail upon the VALID excuse of non existance of even a hint of Justice.only to be replaced ultimately by the true guardians of law and Sharia in the end..Wishful thinking .why not ..Every storm and every revolution has a price..