American drones and future of region

American drones and future of region
By Zar Ali Khan Musazai


American drones are said to have hit the Bannu district of pakhtunkhwa province this time meaning that strikes by the American drones against alleged terrorists have entered settled areas from FATA. When Americans and allied forces came to Kabul in 2001 after the world trade center and pentagon were hit by the alleged terrorists. The then erstwhile rulers of the Kabul Taliban and Arab militants left Kabul and took shelter in the mountainous areas near Durand line in FATA. General Musharraf then president of Pakistan hit a deal with Americans to get more than 13 billion dollars to fight against extremist forces in FATA and wipe them out. Americans are said to be very wise people but they were apparently deceived by the military ruler. Americans were standing firmly behind the dictator who was friendly with the militants and more antagonistic against Pashtun people. It is on the record that the Pakistani generals used to tell during the quagmire of the then East Pakistan and now an independent country with name of Bangladesh, they needed the land not Bengalis, who were the real masters of their land and proved that ultimately they triumphed. Similarly General Musharraf also followed his predecessors and came hard on the Pashtun and mercilessly assassinated the influential people of the Pashtun in FATA including political activists, Maliks and anti- extremist tribal chiefs who thought that Musharraf and his cronies were really fighting terrorists but actually the situations were not as they thought to be and lost their lives. In oct.2002 a general election was held in which clergy was voted to win as the clergy was needed by the establishment of Pakistan under the rule of Musharraf. Religious parties in Pashtunkhwa and Baluchistan in their five years tenure did the best for the Pakistani establishment and Punjabi dominated civil and military bureaucracy who have always gone against Pashtun and Afghanistan. Extremist forces prepared themselves and when the Americans went to Iraq then once again they came out from their caves and started their subversive activities. Pashtun in FATA and settled areas were started beheaded and their houses looted and forced to leave their houses and villages. Today almost all people from FATA have left their homes in FATA and have come to relatively safer places in Peshawar and some of them are said to have gone to Afghanistan. The aim of the establishment was to get dollars from American on one hand and to show to the world that Pashtun nation is fundamentalist and pro extremist. This version of Pakistan was incorrect and biased against Pashtun people and it is evident from the past seven years record of the alliance with Americans against extremist forces that it badly failed and did nothing against the extremists rather they got stronger in FATA and other pashtun areas in province. Pashtun intellectuals and political people when and where got opportunity they have spoken the truth about all what was going on but the concerned people took it deaf ears and did not weigh what was said by the pashtun. Blind follow is not the good exercise. It wastes resources and time and inaccurate decisions take the people far away. Mulla and military joined hands to disgrace pashtun and put American in quagmire and keep Afghanistan disturbed as nationalism for Pakistan near Durand line is a forbidden tree as she is afraid that pashtun national unity will be disastrous for them. When American realized that they had also committed mistakes during their previous decisions. When the guests of Pakistani establishment came to know that further stay for them in FATA was difficult then most of them started coming to the settled areas and this is the reason that today the settled areas are being targeted and the incident of Bannu is the fresh case. If Pakistani establishment still keep continued what the Qazi Hussain, Imran khan ,Fazal Rahman and other leaders of the militant groups including PML(N) and other right wing and conservative parties and individual say then further worst time will be waiting for Pakistan.

Written by

Zar Ali Khan Musazai
Chairman
Pashtun Democratic Council
Peshawar, Pashtunkhwa
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