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COAS demands US target TTP, Fazlullah in Afghanistan
[GEO.TV] Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif..Pak chief of army staff, meaning he pulls the strings on the Nawaz Sharif puppet to make it dance and sing and not do much at all.... has urged the US to target the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) and its chief Mullah Fazlullah  ...son-in-law of holy man Sufi Mohammad. Known as Mullah FM, Fazlullah had the habit of grabbing his FM mike when the mood struck him and bellowing forth sermons. Sufi suckered the Pak govt into imposing Shariah on the Swat Valley and then stepped aside whilst Fazlullah and his Talibs imposed a reign of terror on the populace like they hadn't seen before, at least not for a thousand years or so. For some reason the Pak intel services were never able to locate his transmitter, much less bomb it. After ruling the place like a conquered province for a year or so, Fazlullah's Talibs began gobbling up more territory as they pushed toward Islamabad, at which point as a matter of self-preservation the Mighty Pak Army threw them out and chased them into Afghanistan... in Afghanistan, from where he is known to operate and launch attacks against Pak forces with impunity. The Mighty Pak Army chief said this in a meeting with US General John Nicholson, the top commander of the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan, and US Ambassador Richard Olson, who called on General Raheel Sharif at the General Headquarters (GHQ) here today. According to an ISPR blurb, the regional security situation came under discussion during the meeting, "with particular reference to border management and peace and stability in Afghanistan in the post-21 May US drone strike environment". General Raheel Sharif was referring to the US drone attack near Noushki area of Balochistan  ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... last month which killed former Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour. "Expressing his serious concern on the US drone strike as a violation of Pakistain's illusory sovereignty, the army chief highlighted as to how it had impacted the mutual trust and respect [between the US and Pakistain] and was counter-productive in consolidating the gains of Operation Zarb-e-Azb ..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... ," said the ISPR statement. "All efforts for durable peace in the region have to be synergized with shared commitment and responsibility in order to make them successful," the army chief was quoted as saying. Gen Raheel Sharif said that, "while Operation Zarb-e-Azb was launched against "Blaming Pakistain for instability in Afghanistan is unfortunate," he told the US officials. Raising the demand to target TTP and Mullah Fazlullah in their bases in Afghanistan, the Army chief reiterated Pakistain’s resolve "not to allow hostile intelligence agencies' efforts, especially RAW and NDS, of fomenting terrorism". The army chief further reaffirmed the need to continue harmonized efforts against "Pakistain is committed to work for a long term grinding of the peace processor for Afghanistan under the QCG framework," he said. Posted by: Fred 2016-06-11 |
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