Asfandyar Bhittani
THINK TANK: CONSULTANT
I thought I would give this thread a sufficient time to address the recent airstrikes in Afghanistan.
In another thread I mentioned that Afghanistan will do nothing in retaliation other than rough statements to appease the locals. Around 12 days have since passed and nothing worth mentioning has happened on the border itself. Or directly from the afghan Taliban's state against the border posts. Usually atleast there are small arms fire to compensate as "retaliation".
This reminds of journalist, Hasan Khan's, analysis at that time that there is some sort of deal between the Taliban and Pakistan, similar to one between Pakistan and the US back in 2000s and 2010s on drone strikes. He claimed that airstrikes, and assassination happen regularly at the border against camps and on the move HVTs. But this one made the headlines and made Taliban to issued a 24 hour late statement because Pakistan targeted the houses where the commanders were hosted instead of the camps.
That this new scenario was a signal to the Taliban, to do more, and that Pakistan will not care about collateral regarding TTP leadership hiding in Kabul itself.
This thread is almost always clustered with non border skirmishes so many don't realize that there has been no direct retaliation from the Taliban about the airstrikes.
As for TTP attacks, that was happening before anyway and can't be counted as retaliation.
In another thread I mentioned that Afghanistan will do nothing in retaliation other than rough statements to appease the locals. Around 12 days have since passed and nothing worth mentioning has happened on the border itself. Or directly from the afghan Taliban's state against the border posts. Usually atleast there are small arms fire to compensate as "retaliation".
This reminds of journalist, Hasan Khan's, analysis at that time that there is some sort of deal between the Taliban and Pakistan, similar to one between Pakistan and the US back in 2000s and 2010s on drone strikes. He claimed that airstrikes, and assassination happen regularly at the border against camps and on the move HVTs. But this one made the headlines and made Taliban to issued a 24 hour late statement because Pakistan targeted the houses where the commanders were hosted instead of the camps.
That this new scenario was a signal to the Taliban, to do more, and that Pakistan will not care about collateral regarding TTP leadership hiding in Kabul itself.
This thread is almost always clustered with non border skirmishes so many don't realize that there has been no direct retaliation from the Taliban about the airstrikes.
As for TTP attacks, that was happening before anyway and can't be counted as retaliation.
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Three of the suicide bombers were Afghan citizens, highlighting the persistent threat emanating from Afghan soil.
1. Abdul Aziz alias Qassid Mohajir
Pakistan’s message is clear: terrorism will not be tolerated, and those who enable it will face the consequences.
