Selbstaufgabe: ja oder nein?
Der pakistanische Intellektuelle I.A. Rahman schreibt in “Dawn”, dass Pakistan keine andere Wahl mehr habe, als entlang der afghanischen Grenze “Sharia Zone” zuzulassen. Die müsse sich dann darauf konzentrieren, das Übergreifen der Taliban auf den Punjab zu verhindern.
Er geht jedoch von der Annahme aus, die Taliban seien die einzigen Akteure in der Region:
If fighting continues in Afghanistan, militants from the tribal areas keep up their fight there alongside the Taliban. Consequently, militancy in Pakistani territories would grow. The US pressure on Islamabad to fight the extremists and the latter’s inability to comply could strain relations to a breaking point. In that event, the survival test for Pakistan would be tough.
Gegen diese Sichtweise geht Farhat Taj an:
In her article on Jan 28 Shireen Mazari argues that the people of FATA support the militants because they see the Pakistani army as fighting America’s war. This is the most absurd thing I keep hearing from people who clearly have little idea about the culture and people of FATA. My question to them is a simple one: if the Taliban militants are so popular, how does one explain the formation of so many anti-Taliban tribal armies all over FATA?
The Taliban have target killed the leaders of those armies, which according to the popular Pakhtun perception, was with the tacit consent of the intelligence agencies. How could the people of FATA support those who have assassinated their entire tribal leadership and have massacred so many young men of the tribal armies?
Übermäßigen Antiamerikanismus findet sie bei den Paschtunen nicht vor:
To go back to Ms Mizari’s article, she criticises the US drone attacks, calling them a violation of our national dignity and sovereignty. However, the matter is far more complex and not as black-and-white an issue as she is making it out to be. Many people are of the view that many of the drone attacks have hit precise targets and have succeeded in eliminating foreign militants such as Arabs, Uzbeks, Tajiks and Afghans – as well as local Taliban. There have also been some civilian deaths but most people seem more concerned with the militants who die. In any case, if more terrorists are killed than civilians, then most people seem satisfied with the attacks.
Bei Jörg Lau findet sich neben dem Artikel von Rahman, der Einspruch von Shaheen Sardar Ali.
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