But beside the point, Pak army lost many soldiers in Panjgur fighting against terrorist , whatever happened in Panjgaur , we should be ok with that .
My cousin was blown up by an IED in Balochistan - flowers were laid - salutes made - and the rest left to whoever never answered for what happened. Eventually the retribution was done inside Balochistan and apparently beyond too and we heard of it.
But in that instant, no solace could be had to me seeing the kid I played Gun Gun with as a kid. That’s all I saw.. and I cant begin to imagine what the family did. All I could remember was him coming over after PMA and me asking him what he wanted and he said Infantry - and I tried to convince him “why not armor or artillery? It is good chief route” and he said no “I like the close fight”
I then said something I wish I could eat back, tear my tongue out - but I turned around to my friend who was also there and said “Ye maara jaye ga…ye mar jaye ga” in a half worried, half resigned tone. And it came true exactly a few years later.
I could blame the OC for having this mission through in Hiluxes, blame the general who let the ops go, blame the locals for maybe reporting his patrols because the BLA wanted him bad because he was giving them hell…
But Ive learnt in life now - there is a butterfly effect - a butterfly in Brazil does cause tornadoes in Texas - and that is just because Kun fa ya Kun.
Instead of idle words - if Pakistanis could really do more they would have since independence. Since they cannot because their nature isn’t so- its better they at the least bow their heads and say alhamdulillah and have patience.
Those children will get their justice - as would the border guards in Iran as fathers or sons or brothers… so long as those that care for them left it to the ultimate power.
But remember, we are here today - and the battle of Jamal happened to people who were promised heaven in their lifetimes.