The approval seemed to have brought a pall of utter gloom over the nation. That was until Sufi Mohammad spoke. Speaking at a huge gathering of triumphant followers, he let out his views candidly. He termed the democratic system of government, elections, the courts, including the Supreme Court as contrary to Islamic injunction, and worthy of contempt. That brought everyone in the country to their senses. In the face of the violation of the deal by the Taliban incursions in Buner and Shangla, and the obvious lack of Sufi’s control over the Taliban, the deal collapsed.
The Awami National Party also came out of its state of confusion, and quickly joined the decision to launch a strike against the Taliban. Nearly all now support the military action.
Afzal Khan Lala is a brave soul. He is among the few leaders of the Awami National Party, the flag bearer of Bacha (Khan Abdul Gaffar) Khan’s legacy, who opposed the Nizam-e-Adl, and who doggedly faced the Taliban onslaught in his village when most of the top ANP leaders had either left the country or at least hid themselves in Islamabad. He has now come out in the open.
He rightly pointed out that the Taliban could not possibly lay down their arms because then their victims would take revenge against those who perpetrated so much carnage in the area during the last year.
There is a very wide support for the military action in the country now. People are very happy that the ambiguity around the role of the military, and especially about the relationship between the insurgents and the military appears to be over.
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