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'US drones are better than PAF jets'
[DAWN] THE US drones were better weapons to use against hard boyz as compared to Pakistain Air Force jets, believes Rustam Shah Mohmand, a Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... -appointed member of the government committee to negotiate with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP). "Drones are more precise in targeting hard boyz than the jets the air force is using, which cause heavy collateral damage," he told Dawn. "The government should have formed a strategy in collaboration with the US to carry out strikes using drones." Last year, the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) organised sit-ins over several months to force the US government to bring drone strikes to an end, and the B.O. regime practically halted these operations. However, you can observe a lot just by watching... Mr Mohmand, whom PTI chief Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems... declared the party's point man on the TTP and militancy, now thinks Pakistain should have utilised the accuracy of drones. "Pakistain should have had acquired drones from the US and operated them for the North  Wazoo strikes, or it should have had collaborated with the US over authentic information about ground targets to reduce collateral damage," he said.The former bureaucrat who has served as Pakistain's ambassador to Afghanistan, federal interior secretary, and political agent in Khyber and South Waziristan Agencies added that collateral damage caused by PAF jets in North Waziristan has forced several families to migrate to Afghanistan. "Many civilians have been killed in the recent air strikes," he commented. "Many markets, bazaars, shops and houses have been destroyed. This has forced hundreds of families to migrate to the Afghanistan province of Khost ...which coincidentally borders North Wazoo and Kurram Agency... despite the fact that American forces bombard those areas. They are so frustrated that they prefer Khost over Bannu despite the unrest in Afghanistan." North Waziristan Agency is now the focus of the government given that most of the hard boyz have reportedly moved here from South Waziristan. "All of the leadership is in North Waziristan," said Mr Mohmand. "Almost 80 per cent of the Mehsud tribes have left South Waziristan." Posted by: Fred 2014-05-30 |
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