Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Realisation at last.

On 30 January 2023, a suicide bombing inside a mosque in the Police Lines area of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, during midday prayers killed 101 people and injured 220 others. wikipedia. "The outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack." Dawn. "Peshawar police chief Muhammad Ijaz Khan said that more than 90 percent of the victims were policemen, between 300 and 400 of whom had gathered in the compound's mosque for prayers." It is terrifying that anyone can carry such explosives on his person that can blow out walls one foot thick. Dawn. "Days after Pakistan witnessed a deadly attack on its security forces inside a Peshawar mosque, the country's Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has admitted inside the National Assembly that it was a collective mistake to prepare the mujahideen to go to war with a global force." Zee. He also said that the former Prime Minister Imran Khan's government had released TTP members who were "serving death sentences". But, even now, he failed to acknowledge Pakistan's role in the terrorist attacks inside India. "Authorities in Indian controlled Kashmir tell NBC News that militants trying to annex the region for Pakistan are carrying M4s, M16s and other US-made arms and ammunition that have rarely been seen in the 30-year conflict. A major reason, they say, is a regional flood of US-funded weapons that fell into the hands of the Taliban when US-led NATO forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021." NBC. The US did not withdraw, which suggests an organized evacuation of US armed forces, from Afghanistan. In fact, US troops fled in complete disarray, reminiscent of their panicked flight from Saigon in 1975. google.co.in. After killing tens of thousands of Afghans in their own country the abject US surrender left behind $7.5 billion worth of weapons and military equipment for the gleeful Taliban. "Denied international recognition, with aid suspended and the financial system in paralysis, the UN says that Afghanistan faces humanitarian catastrophe. About 20 percent of the 38 million population are already on the brink of famine." Arab News. On 1 January 2023, terrorists shot 4 people to death and injured 9 others at Dangri village of Rajouri district in Jammu & Kashmir. On 2 January, an IED exploded in the same village killing one child and injuring 5 others, one of whom died later, bringing the death total to 6. wikipedia. In response, authorities are "arming and training thousands of residents along the border region to defend themselves from attacks by 'armed insurgents'. DW. "Many villagers have been equipped with automatic rifles and given defense training for 'terrorist attack' scenarios, according to officials." Pakistan released the genie of terrorism. Now it is paying the price. Can India keep it out?   

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