'Drones may kill leaders but not eliminate the Taliban'.Byline: ANI Lahore, Aug. 8 (ANI): The US missile strike that killed Baitullah Mehsud Baitullah Mehsud is a leading Taliban commander in Waziristan.[1][2] The Waziris are a tribe whose home spans the Pakistan/Afghanistan border. The Mahsud are one of the four sub-tribes of the Waziri. may not be sufficient to eliminate the Taliban from Pakistan's tribal belt. The terror outfit has intertwined the ethnic identity, religion and politics with extremism, and it will take decades to undo, the Guardian reports. Behind the rise of Pak-Taliban chief Mehsud in Pakistan lie factors that are not going to be resolved easily. "Firstly, there is the fusion of Pashtun tribal identity with a radical Islamic identity. The latter has only ever really thrived when grafted onto a sense of local belonging. The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP TTP (thymidine triphosphate): see thymine. ) were Pashtuns from the Pakistani side of the frontier that has split their tribal lands for over a century," the report said. Second issue is that the Pashtun tribes Pashtun tribes are divided into four tribal groups: Sarbans, Batans, Ghourghusht and Karlans. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A of the FATA FATA Fibre Attached Technology Adapted FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Pakistan) FATA From Autumn to Ashes (band) FATA Federal Anti-Tampering Act FATA Florida Automotive Trades Association have the lowest levels of literacy, economic development and infrastructural development of anywhere in Pakistan, it observed. They are not considered full citizens. Pushed to the margins, they are, in one sense, trying to fight their way into the centre of national political and economic life, the report added. Finally, there is religious homogeneity: the conservative southwest Asian Deobandi strand of Sunni Islam Noun 1. Sunni Islam - one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam Sunni Islam, Muslimism - the civilization of Muslims collectively which is governed by the Muslim religion; "Islam is predominant in northern Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan, and that has established itself with its system of mosques and free schools across the region, it says. Put all this together and it is fairly clear that drones may tackle symptoms but not causes. It is also clear why, as my colleague Declan Walsh points out elsewhere on this site, another Mehsud may well emerge soon, it concludes. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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