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In the past we at Terroristplanet.com have always
been more than a little suspect at the relationship between
Islamic militants and the Pakistan Government. More in
particular the relationship between the Pakistan Intelligence
Agency (ISI) and the Taliban. There is a deep history
between the two since the Taliban was assisted in their creation
solely by the ISI to thrust their influence upon neighboring Afghanistan.
The Taliban was created from a collection of
religious students and scholars that practice one of the most
extreme forms of fundamental Islam known to exist. To get a
better understanding of the Taliban we recommend reading
The Taliban .
Pakistan agreed today (2/16/2009) to suspend military
offensives and impose Islamic law in part of the northwest region
known as the Malakand region, which includes the dangerous
area known as the
Swat Valley. Swat is
where extremists have gained power and influence by beheading
people, burning girls schools and attacking security forces.
Among the participants in the agreement were pro-Taliban
clerics who authorities said would return to Swat and tell
militants there to disarm, although there was no mention in the
agreement for extremists to give up their weapons. What are
the chances of this actually occurring? There is no chance
of peace for Pakistan. In all reality Swat is the
first official region of the future Taliban government that will
take over more areas in Pakistan. The dominos will continue
to fall until the official recognized government eventually falls
to the Taliban. This is the future for Pakistan if the
current Pakistani government continues this reckless and dangerous
path. The Taliban will use this time to regroup and plan the
next region they will control and force their extremists beliefs
on. It is as if the Pakistan Government has either just quit
or is coming clean with themselves that they can no longer control
the monster they created. It wasn't suppose to be like this
for Pakistan. The Taliban were suppose to rule in
Afghanistan and create a good neighbor for Pakistan. The ISI
has always been the protectors of the Taliban and many in the
organization support the idea of Islamic law in Pakistan.
Well, soon enough all of Pakistan will feel the wrath of
Taliban style Islam. Critics are now asking why
authorities were giving in to the demands of a militant group that
has waged a reign of terror. The U.S. who is the major
contributor to Pakistan's war against extremists are baffled by
country's latest move and a defense official was quoted as saying
it is a "negative development". Pakistan has always been an
uneasy partner with the United States and in all reality the
population is growing more anti-American by the minute.
Former President Musharaff also played the give and take balance
between U.S. wishes and Taliban demands. He never played it
as dangerous as the latest move by the Pakistan government.
President Barack Obama's special envoy for the region, Richard
Holbrooke, did not directly address Pakistan's peace effort in
Malakand. But he did say the rise of the Taliban in Swat was a
reminder that the U.S., Pakistan and India face an "an enemy which
poses direct threats to our leadership, our capitals and our
people."
Here are the latest events that have occurred in
Pakistan
In a sixty minutes interview with the
President of Pakistan Zardari this past Sunday, light was shed
onto the dire situation that is facing one of the world's
nuclear powers. The Taliban has established itself
across a large part of Pakistan, forcing the country to fight
a war against the hard line Islamist group that is threatening
Pakistan's own survival, President Asif Zardari told CBS News.
Zardari said Pakistan had been in denial about the Taliban in
the past. "Our forces weren't increased ... . We have
weaknesses and they are taking advantage of that weakness,"
Zardari, who was elected last year after the assassination of
his wife Benazir Bhutto in 2007, rejected suggestions that he
lacks the full support of the military and intelligence
services, saying he was confident they were behind him.
Understanding What is
Happening in the Pakistan and Afghanistan Border Region
The
Terrorist Attacks In Mumbai, India
In MUMBAI, India – 9:21 p.m. Wednesday, Two young men walk casually
through Mumbai's main railway station, a very bustling area where many
vendors sell everything from fast food to newspapers as workers head
home late in the day. One wears khaki cargo pants and a blue T-shirt.
A pair of small knapsacks are slung over a shoulder. He looks like a
college kid. They are, says a photographer who follows them on part of
their grim journey, "backpackers with assault rifles." The two and
other death squads working in pairs are to wreak carnage in landmark
after landmark across Mumbai over the next three days, creating panic
in this normally unflappable city and killing at least 188 people,
according to revised government estimates.
Where is Osama bin Laden
Since
September 11, 2001 Osama bin Laden has been on the minds of many
Americans. He carried out the deadliest and most shocking terrorist
attack ever to occur. He has been the focus of the biggest manhunt
that has ever been carried out by the U.S. government that has reached
across the globe and concentrated in the last few years on the
Afghanistan - Pakistan border
Afghanistan War Heads Down The
Road Into Pakistan George Bush has given the go ahead for U.S. Forces to strike
in the heart of the world of terrorism inside Pakistan. Pakistan is
not in agreement with this policy but is losing control of it's
country to the growing influence and terror tactics of the Taliban
militants. It opens a whole new front in the Afghanistan War
Pakistan: The Frontline of
Terrorism
A closer look at the unique relationship between terrorists and the
Pakistani Intelligence Service, ISI. Why is Pakistan so important to
the United State's War on Terror and who is winning in Pakistan's
struggle with Fundamental Islamists
Pashtunwali: The way of
the Pashtuns
Who are the Pashtuns and what is their role in the Afghanistan
conflict and relationship with the Taliban and Osama bin Laden?
The Taliban
The Taliban are a Sunni
fundamentalist group that was created in large part from fighters from
the Afghan - Soviet war and propagated by religion scholars. The
majority of the Taliban came from the ethnic Pushtun population along
the eastern and southern Afghanistan border with Pakistan. The tie is
strong to Pakistan as the Pushtuns are the second largest ethnic group
in the Pakistan. In
October1994, the Taliban took
the strategic post of Spin Boldak on the Afghan-Pakistan border,
allegedly with cover fire provided by Pakistani Frontier Corps . The
Taliban has given safe haven to numerous terrorists and terrorists
groups. Their protection of Osama bin Laden and other high level al
Qaeda associates proved to be their downfall and end to their rule in
Afghanistan. The Soviet war in Afghanistan made heroes out of the
mujahideen fighters and those very training camps also produced the
Taliban leadership.
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