(Asghar Ali Mubarak)
Pakistani Army Chief General Asim Munir is committed to the complete elimination of terrorism from Pakistan.
The recent wave of terrorist attacks in Pakistan is a conspiracy to weaken Pakistan. Pakistan is fighting a tough war against terrorism.
Political instability and the need to reform local law enforcement agencies add to the problem, undermining the successes of previous counterterrorism operations.
Military operations and more comprehensive counter-terrorism strategies have helped Pakistan counter the rise of terrorist activities.
However, recent attacks targeting law enforcement agencies and sensitive installations indicate that terrorist agencies and their supporters are intent on reversing Pakistan’s counter-terrorism success story.
Despite having a fully functional and highly effective counter-terrorism policy, Pakistan needs a complementary counter-terrorism strategy to deal with this menace.
The difference between counter-terrorism and counter-terrorism is that counter-terrorism deals with the prevention and prevention of terrorism while counter-terrorism is mostly a reactive response after an incident.
After an attack, counterterrorism strategies focus on countermeasures and countermeasures, often using disciplinary military operations and targeting terrorist installations.
Counter-terrorism strategies, on the other hand, operate before attacks, using complex legal and regulatory measures to eliminate sympathy and support for terrorist organizations.
By developing a legal system that re-establishes and strengthens the rule of law, counter-terrorism aims to identify and protect sections of society that are vulnerable to terrorist ideologies.
Now that Pakistan is grappling with the current wave of terrorism, policymakers need to complement the existing counter-terrorism framework with a comprehensive counter-terrorism framework to address the root causes.
Pakistan’s first experience in counter-terrorism and counter-terrorism came after the success of comprehensive military operations launched in 2009.
After the immediate threats subsided, the state established more institutions aimed at dealing with the complex root causes of terrorism has failed to do so.
As Pakistan grapples with the current wave of terrorism, policymakers need to complement the counter-terrorism framework with a comprehensive counter-terrorism framework to address the root causes.
This gulf between counter-terrorism and counter-terrorism is seen most clearly in the National Action Plan and the subsequent National Counter-Terrorism Authority (NECTA).
Established in the wake of the Army Public School (APS) attack in 2014, NECTA aims to address the root causes of terrorism through prevention through a comprehensive policy approach and strategic communications.
The idea was to strengthen Pakistan’s capacity to develop early warning mechanisms and provide reasonable institutional coordination to prevent terrorists from exploiting Pakistan’s social, economic and political weaknesses.
However, in later years, NECTA, in contrast, focused on the theoretical assessment of terrorist activities and left law enforcement and legal services separate from each other. Acts as an ideal institution for dealing with forms of terrorism, but it has faced severe constraints due to the constant shift in the focus of counter-terrorism and terrorist organizations.
Distinguishing between terrorists and other types of criminals is an aspect that is consistently overlooked in formulating the implementation mechanisms of counter-terrorism policies.
Those accused of heinous crimes and communal riots are different from those arrested for terrorist activities, but Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997, which deals with the punishment of terrorists,
Often used for non-terrorist offenders as well. Prosecutions against such measures not only burden the judiciary, but also burden state law enforcement agencies with the storm of such investigations faced that often result in acquittal due to lack of evidence or monopolize the actual success of counter-terrorism strategies.
Meanwhile the Army Chief General Asim Munir is committed to the complete elimination of terrorism from Pakistan. According to ISPR, the Army Chief visited the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) during his visit to Quetta and was injured in a terrorist incident in Quetta. Visited those who happened.
General Asim Munir said that terrorism will not be tolerated under any circumstances, terrorism will be completely eradicated from Pakistan. The mission against terrorism will be continued with national commitment, the entire nation is determined to succeed in the war against terrorism. General Asim Munir said that the war will be won with the support of the people, the efforts of the army and civil institutions.
It should be noted that 27 people, including a woman, were killed and more than 62 injured as a result of a suicide blast in the railway station of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan Commissioner Quetta confirmed that the explosion at the railway station was suicide and informed that law enforcement agencies and civilians were targeted in the blast .
According to a foreign news agency, the outlawed Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the blast in a statement emailed to journalists. The foreign news agency also reported the defunct BLA’s claim that the suicide attack targeted a Pakistani army troop who was preparing to return after completing a course at an infantry school.
Earlier, the outlawed BL had also claimed responsibility for the October 6, 2024 blast near International Airport Signal in Karachi, in which 3 people, including 2 Chinese nationals, were killed. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the blast at Quetta railway station and prayed for forgiveness for the deceased and patience for their families. Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Sarfraz Bugti condemned the blast at Quetta railway station and ordered an inquiry into the incident to contact the higher administrative authorities. He said that terrorists do not deserve to be called human beings, they have fallen from humanity, and they have reached the elements involved in several incidents of terrorism, while action against terrorists will continue. He said that the terrorists involved in several incidents have been caught, they will be chased to their logical end and terrorists will be eradicated from Balochistan.
After Turkey and the American Embassy, Russian President Vladimir Putin has also condemned the suicide blast in Quetta. The Russian President expressed his condolences to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari and said that they will provide all kinds of cooperation to end terrorism. The American Embassy said that the affected people share the grief of the families equally. The US Embassy added that the US will continue to support Pakistan in fighting terrorism. Meanwhile, 6 Khawarij were killed and 6 injured during an operation by security forces in Spinwam area of North Waziristan near Pak-Afghan border. In a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of the Pakistan Army, it was said that the security forces conducted an operation based on intelligence information in Spinwam. According to the spokesperson of the Pakistan Army, the security forces are determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism from the country.
Earlier, Pakistan has been continuously asking the interim Afghan government to make effective border arrangements on its behalf.
The Interim Afghan Government is expected to fulfill its obligations and not allow terrorists to use Afghan territory for operations against Pakistan.
Currently, relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan are very tense. Even in their best times, these ties were tenuous.
No government, including the Taliban, has ever recognized the Afghanistan-Pakistan border as an international boundary since Pakistan’s independence.
But now more tension has arisen in these relations in the form of cross-border terrorism.
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has said that as much as the Quetta blast should be condemned, targeting defense forces in terrorism is a conspiracy to weaken Pakistan, which includes other countries besides India.
Chinese citizens are being targeted in Balochistan so that the Chinese can get out somehow, soldiers are also being targeted in both provinces, in both cases the territory of Afghanistan is being used against Pakistan.
Afghan government has failed to stop these operations from its own land, we have to take decisive action against it.
It should be remembered that on July 1, 2024, Pakistan said that the reason for the increase in the wave of extremism is the use of the territory of Afghanistan by the banned organization Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan.
The Afghan government has failed to stop it and militants from across the border carry out attacks against Pakistan’s security forces, Chinese and Pakistani citizens.
According to Pakistani officials, they have repeatedly provided evidence to Afghanistan, but the Taliban government has not been able to allay Pakistan’s concerns, and as a result, the group has more freedom to plan attacks against Pakistan from Afghanistan.
It should be noted that in the past action has been taken by Pakistan inside Afghanistan.
In March of this year, the Afghan Taliban said that Pakistani planes had bombed the borders of Afghanistan. After which the Pakistani Foreign Office said that terrorists belonging to Hafiz Gul Bahadur group were targeted in this operation.
Pakistan’s Defense Minister Khawaja Asif had said in his statement that under Operation Resolve, if necessary, the bases of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in Afghanistan can be targeted.
Pakistan’s defense is Pakistan’s own responsibility, now it is not possible to depend on any other country in such situations
In the past, not only the terrorists were brought to Pakistan without any clear conditions from Afghanistan, but also the locks of the jails were opened and they were released. It is a settled rule that one never talks to terrorists.
