Alia Tabassum
janjua.raja@yahoo.com
November 3, 2013
Leader of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan was killed in a drone attack on Friday.
Hakeem ullah Mehsud 33, a key leader of Tahreek-e-Taliban was the successor of
Baitullah Mehsud.
Killing of a terrorist leader could help to demoralize the
terrorists, but the wrong timing of this drone attack, can increase the
terrorist activities in Pakistan.
White House knew that Islamabad and Taliban were initiating
dialogue in order to bring peace in the region and to end the terror war that
accelerated after 9/11. Some serious stances were taken and the government of
the country was about to send it's delegation to Waziristan, just before
dialogues would start a drone killed Taliban's leader and here we are, Talibans
has announced that they are going to stop peace dialogue with Pakistani
government in a protest of killing of their leader . In other words a series of
terror attacks in the streets of country targeting common people.
Taliban organisation is quite complex, the use of suicide
attacks had made this organisation even more complex and difficult to cope
with. A suicide attack is the most difficult thing to stop and its aftermaths
only leave blood, bodies and remains to mourn for. Obviously use of arms is
important to retain law and order but such complex challenges demand different
techniques and alternative options as well.
Government of Pakistan and US are fully aware that killing of
the leader of TTP can't be fruitful as they have people ready in pipeline to
lead the organisation. This attack would not only destroy the peace process but
it can cause dreadful consequences victimising common people of Pakistan. If
killing Hakeem ullah Mahsud would do any good to damage the terrorism or their
destructive cause, then killing of Baitullah Mehsud would be an end of
Tehreek-e-Taliban.
Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif visited US and he also
raised the issue of drone attacks. PM in a meeting with Obama, took a clear
stance on drone attacks and hoped for no drone attacks until the result of
dialogues.
US and Nato forces are fighting in Kabul and parts of Pakistan
against Taliban for twelve years. US is leaving Afghanistan in 2014 with an
unfinished war, more terrorists, more innocent causalities and tough time ahead
for the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Innocent people were killed in
9/11, which was a really tragic incident but hundreds of innocent people were
killed in drones and thousand in outcome of suicide attacks.
In a statement Interior Minister of Pakistan Chaudry Nisar Khan
said, Pakistan would review all aspects of its relation with USA. Mr.
Nisar also asked TTP leadership to ignore this negative aspect of the episode
and let the peace dialogue continue but after killing of their leader it seems
less likely to happen.
Mr. Nisar is right to say about this drone attack's timing, that
"this is not killing of Mehsud but US has actually murdered the dialogue
process".
US and allies fighting for terrorism for 12 years but failed to
uproot the terrorism. Tax payers paid with their every breath to eradicate the
misery but money had spent on making such organisation then breaking them.
People never paid for drones, killing 924 civilians. They didn't pay to
invade any territory or to destroy their allies plans if they try to initiate
peace dialogue.
This isn't the issue that Hakeem ullah Mehsud was fighting for
bad or good, the issue is why he is targeted when all was set to initiate the
peace talk.
After Hakeem ullah Mehsud's death, terror activities are most
likely to start in the streets and roads of Pakistan making White House's
seriousness on peace more doubtful.
