US-Pakistan options on the Haqqani network

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Some facts about the Haqqani network:

The Haqqani network is an Afghan group with close ties to the Taliban. They completely control the Afghan provinces of Khost, Paktia, Paktika; & have a huge presence/operate freely in Logar, Wardak, Ghazni & Kabul. They even support the Taliban network in Nangarhar, Helmand, and Kandahar. Just like the Taliban, the Haqqanis are a purely Afghan phenomena.

Will the US attacking the Haqqanis in North Waziristan, Pakistan (Khost, Paktia in Afghanistan as well) make a difference? As the above evidence shows, no. The Haqqanis will strike them back, & with the NATO/US Forces departure deadline looming, they will hit the US/NATO Forces harder in Eastern Afghanistan, & will survive. The US policy will fail to materialize, just like the 2009 surge failed. The US & NATO Forces are increasingly being seen as invaders, the Karzai regime a propped up puppet government; & there is nothing that can change that in Afghanistan.

Will the US be able to pressurize Pakistan into taking action against the Haqqanis? No. Pakistan is impartial to the Haqqanis, & will in most likelihood not attack them.

The US has failed to declare the Haqqani network as a terrorist group. The US has failed to provide evidence of the Haqqani network being responsible for high level attacks in Afghanistan (the Rabbani one or the president's brother one), nor providing any evidence of the ISI supporting the Haqqani network. Unless the US does not do any of the following, it will not be able to force Pakistan in taking actions against the Haqqanis.

Pakistan will sit on the fence, watching the US & the Haqqanis dish it out on their own, making sure there is as little spillover violence in Pakistan, in the form of retaliatory attacks.

 

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Some facts about the Haqqani network:

The Haqqani network is an Afghan group with close ties to the Taliban. They completely control the Afghan provinces of Khost, Paktia, Paktika; & have a huge presence/operate freely in Logar, Wardak, Ghazni & Kabul. They even support the Taliban network in Nangarhar, Helmand, and Kandahar. Just like the Taliban, the Haqqanis are a purely Afghan phenomena.

Will the US attacking the Haqqanis in North Waziristan, Pakistan (Khost, Paktia in Afghanistan as well) make a difference? As the above evidence shows, no. The Haqqanis will strike them back, & with the NATO/US Forces departure deadline looming, they will hit the US/NATO Forces harder in Eastern Afghanistan, & will survive. The US policy will fail to materialize, just like the 2009 surge failed. The US & NATO Forces are increasingly being seen as invaders, the Karzai regime a propped up puppet government; & there is nothing that can change that in Afghanistan.

Will the US be able to pressurize Pakistan into taking action against the Haqqanis? No. Pakistan is impartial to the Haqqanis, & will in most likelihood not attack them.

The US has failed to declare the Haqqani network as a terrorist group. The US has failed to provide evidence of the Haqqani network being responsible for high level attacks in Afghanistan (the Rabbani one or the president's brother one), nor providing any evidence of the ISI supporting the Haqqani network. Unless the US does not do any of the following, it will not be able to force Pakistan in taking actions against the Haqqanis.

Pakistan will sit on the fence, watching the US & the Haqqanis dish it out on their own, making sure there is as little spillover violence in Pakistan, in the form of retaliatory attacks.

Yes! Pakistan shold avoid to involve within the mess created by US with the Afghan pplz. Pakistan is not a slave of US to take dictations and clean the mess/***** for them. US shold consider the demands of the Afghan pplz and do table talks with them and shold protect and respect their civil rights and liberties. War is not a solution to anything. Use of force can't win the hearts and minds of the common Afghan pplz.They are free people and will fight to their last man if forced against their traditions and wishes.

 

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Yes! Pakistan shold avoid to involve within the mess created by US with the Afghan pplz. Pakistan is not a slave of US to take dictations and clean the mess/***** for them. US shold consider the demands of the Afghan pplz and do table talks with them and shold protect and respect their civil rights and liberties. War is not a solution to anything. Use of force can't win the hearts and minds of the common Afghan pplz.They are free people and will fight to their last man if forced against their traditions and wishes.

well said sir.

 

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Tell Americas and that lady to start war against this Taliban leader hiding in Afghanistan.


Taliban leader Fazlullah vows new war in Pakistan

PESHAWAR: Afghanistan-based Taliban leader Maulvi Fazlullah, a leading figure in the insurgency, has vowed to return to Pakistan to wage war as the country came under renewed American pressure to tackle militancy.


“We sacrificed our lives, left our homes and villages for the sake of Sharia (Islamic Law) and will do whatever we can to get Sharia implemented in the Malakand region and rest of Pakistan,” Sirajuddin Ahmad, a close adviser, told Reuters, describing Fazlullah’s position. He was answering written questions submitted by Reuters. The Taliban threat was issued as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and top US military and intelligence leaders delivered a tough warning to Pakistan to crack down hard on militant groups, an issue heavily straining ties between the uneasy allies.

Fazlullah was the Pakistani Taliban leader in Swat Valley, about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Islamabad, before a 2009 army offensive forced him to flee.

Also known as FM Mullah for his fiery radio broadcasts, he regrouped in Afghanistan and established strongholds, and poses a threat to Pakistan once again, said army spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas.

The Pakistani Taliban, which is separate from but aligned to the Afghan Taliban fighting foreign forces in Afghanistan, has declared war on the Pakistani state for providing support to the US-led war on militants in the region.

Pakistan recently complained that Afghan and US-led forces had failed to hunt down Fazlullah who was responsible for a spate of cross-border raids. On the other hand, Afghanistan and the United States have accused elements in the Pakistan government of supporting members of the Afghan Taliban.

The attacks in which militants loyal to Fazlullah took part killed about 100 members of Pakistan’s security forces, angering the army which faces threats from multiple militant groups. Fazlullah, a leading figure in the Pakistani Taliban insurgency, is based in Kunar and Nuristan provinces in Afghanistan, said Abbas.

Other leaders of the Pakistani Taliban, an umbrella of about 12 groups, and the government have suggested they are open to peace talks to end a conflict that has killed thousands of people. But Fazlullah seemed sceptical about the government’s intentions.

“Pakistani rulers always approach us through some people whenever their relations with the United States become unfriendly and make appeals to us to help them in restoration of peace in the country,” said his adviser.

“But they forget their promises and become more harsh and cruel when their relations are restored with the United States. We know these tricks of the Pakistani rulers and do not trust in their promises.”