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| India-Pakistan |
| Peshawar slipping into chaos |
| 2008-12-08 |
| PESHAWAR: Four years ago, journalists used to go to Waziristan for the story. Today, the story itself reached Peshawar. In October 2003, a team of journalists reached Baghar in South Waziristan, to file follow-up stories of the maiden airstrike on a suspected Al Qaeda or Taliban hideout. A local journalist planned an early morning departure for the site of the strike without official permission. Four years on, a look at the damage caused by Friday evening’s car bomb blast near the historic Qisakhawani bazaar and an attack on parked trucks carrying NATO supplies testifies the danger has arrived as close as possible. The government itself is a hostage. An Iraq-like green zone was established in Peshawar with checkposts on the roads leading to important offices and residences. High profile kidnapping and murders have added to the fears of Peshawar residents. Security analysts forecast that Peshawar might face an even worse scenario if over 500 hardened militants camping in Khyber Agency storm the provincial capital and the army is called upon to reclaim the city. The ever increasing pressure on Peshawar from militants will make things more difficult for the ANP government which is facing an ‘internal debate’ on whether to abandon governance or to take the fight to its logical end.The symptoms of a Beirut-like situation are emerging. Living in Peshawar is like dancing to the tune of death. |
| Posted by:john frum |
| #4 (I was....) Slippin' into chaos Take my mind beyond the dreams (Well...) I was slippin' into chaos Take my mind beyond the dreams |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-12-08 18:26 |
| #3 That's our line of communications getting sown there, bigjim-ky. Unless y'all have made progress with that matter teleporter or feel like relying on supplies through Putinland, we're in a bit of a pinch with Peshawar coming to pieces. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-12-08 12:17 |
| #2 Cry me a river, and reap what you have sown for a long, long time. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-12-08 08:54 |
| #1 Are problems building in Peshawar because the Tali-Quada are getting stronger, or because the are finding it necessary to move further from the A'stan border? Or some of each? |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-12-08 08:47 |