Kya Pakistan Ko TTP Sy Negotiations Karni Chahiyay? ft Sumera Khan
Why can’t Pakistan solve the Afghanistan problem even after 25 years? Did talking to militants backfire? And is Pakistan still repeating the same mistakes?
In this episode, TCM’s Wahid Ali sits down with Sumera Khan to break down Pakistan’s war on terror, its Afghanistan policy, and what went wrong.
00:00 - Intro
02:24 - How Did Ex-FATA Become a Fault Line?
08:24 - Why Did Pakistan Support Afghan Taliban?
12:01 - Are All Afghans Against Pakistan?
16:51 - Why Did Pakistan Negotiate With TTP?
20:06 - Why Were Security Operations Delayed?
27:17 - Did Locals Support Security Forces?
32:54 - How Was the Situation Before 2021?
35:35 - The Early Leadership of TTP
41:59 - The Problematic Leadership of TTP
46:19 - Pakistan's Stance as a Hard State
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The answer to the above is simple
The answer is BROTHERHOOD
We thought they were our neighbors, our Muslim brothers and kin
And as a result we jumped through hoop after hoop trying to appease a weaker enemy
We made multiple mistakes because of BROTHERHOOD
We let millions of our enemy into our country
We went soft on them when they committed crimes, invasions and attacks
We hoped that BROTHERHOOD would make them see sense and stop them attacking us
We hoped that is that if we took them in, supported them against other enemies like the USSR or USA they would wake up and see the BROTHERHOOD and make peace and stop attacking us
BROTHERHOOD led us down this path
If the Afghans were Hindus we would have mass slaughtered them, like in Bangla in 71
We would have made mountains of skulls of the Hindu afghans
We would not tolerate the presence of Hindus in our cities, with their language and customs
Our religious right we be screaming from the pulpits about the Hindu Afghan enemy
But because of BROTHERHOOD we made mistake after mistake
No MORE,
Hate afghans
Hurt afghans
See ALL afghans as the enemy
Wage a war upon their language, their culture, their people and their land
Persecute afghans like the enemy they are