To begin with Pakistan never recovered from the flooding of years ago. Add to that their inability of the Taliban to win over the people of Pakistan and there is desperation for this militia to exist at all.
A hospital security guard helps a student injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan,Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region.MOHAMMAD SAJJAD AP PHOTO
December 16, 2014
By Riaz Kahn
...The overwhelming majority (click here) of the victims were students at the army public school, which has children and teenagers in grades 1-10. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the assault and rushed to Peshawar to show his support for the victims.
There is approximately 180 miles between Peshawar and Kabul. They are both significant cities. This is the region the Taliban is hoping to establish a strip of land to begin their return as the power to contend with. That is the best I can discern from their movement in the region.
In recent months the Taliban were moving back to Afghanistan after they lost the influence they were seeking failed by simply imposing their will in Pakistan. Basically, the Pakistani people rejected their idea of control. The people of Afghanistan may very well be reacting negatively to the Taliban's return and squeezing the existence of the Taliban in the region.
This is a very sad moment in the region. Obviously, the Taliban had to choose the deaths of children as they are unable to make an impact on the Pakistan military. It may be their ability to do anything but terrorize the region into submission is their only military ability.
The Taliban may be on the verge of being vanquished. That is wishful thinking, but, to realize this is a militia and not ethnicity is to carry hope this militia is finally being destroyed.
My sincerest sympathies to the Pakistan people. They have been standing against a tide of violence for a long time. This may be the turning point they wanted to eliminate violence from their land. It so sad to realize the very painful reality of the Taliban's desperate act. These children are among the most precious of the region. It is only confirmation of the strength of the resolve of the people of Pakistan.
A hospital security guard helps a student injured in the shootout at a school under attack by Taliban gunmen in Peshawar, Pakistan,Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Taliban gunmen stormed a military school in the northwestern Pakistani city, killing and wounding dozens, officials said, in the latest militant violence to hit the already troubled region.MOHAMMAD SAJJAD AP PHOTODecember 16, 2014
By Riaz Kahn
...The overwhelming majority (click here) of the victims were students at the army public school, which has children and teenagers in grades 1-10. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned the assault and rushed to Peshawar to show his support for the victims.
The horrific attack, carried out by a relatively small number of militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban, a Pakistani militant group trying to overthrow the government, also sent dozens of wounded flooding into local hospitals as terrified parents searched for their children....
"My son was in uniform in the morning. He is in a casket now," wailed one parent, Tahir Ali, as he came to the hospital to collect the body of his 14-year-old son Abdullah. "My son was my dream. My dream has been killed."...
In recent months the Taliban were moving back to Afghanistan after they lost the influence they were seeking failed by simply imposing their will in Pakistan. Basically, the Pakistani people rejected their idea of control. The people of Afghanistan may very well be reacting negatively to the Taliban's return and squeezing the existence of the Taliban in the region.
This is a very sad moment in the region. Obviously, the Taliban had to choose the deaths of children as they are unable to make an impact on the Pakistan military. It may be their ability to do anything but terrorize the region into submission is their only military ability.
The Taliban may be on the verge of being vanquished. That is wishful thinking, but, to realize this is a militia and not ethnicity is to carry hope this militia is finally being destroyed.
My sincerest sympathies to the Pakistan people. They have been standing against a tide of violence for a long time. This may be the turning point they wanted to eliminate violence from their land. It so sad to realize the very painful reality of the Taliban's desperate act. These children are among the most precious of the region. It is only confirmation of the strength of the resolve of the people of Pakistan.
