Selection of Mullah Fazlullah
as Pakistani Taliban head: A clear sign that this terror outfit has keen
interest in establishing its own absolute sovereignty over Pakistan
By Mujahid Hussain, New Age Islam
November 8, 2013
Since Mulla Fazlullah
has been appointed the new Emir of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, there is
high probability that Taliban will decline to hold any talks with the
Pakistani government. The appointment of Mullah Fazlullah as the Emir of
Pakistani Taliban is a clear sign that this terror outfit has keen
interest in establishing its own absolute sovereignty going far ahead of
its ilk and other terrorist factions and even Taliban leaders who had a
sort of soft corner, in some affairs, for Pakistan. The former Taliban
leaders had good expectations from Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf and Muslim
League, given their soft strategies and mild attitudes towards them. But
now after the appointment of Mulla Fazlullah as the Emir, the Pakistani
army will get rid of the accusation that they have adopted the policy
of discrimination with Taliban.
The point that became
explicitly clear now is that Tahreek-e-Taliban Pakistan is no more
obliged to go by the directions of Afghan Taliban or Haqqani network.
This will be such an absolute sovereignty that will make Taliban more
sustainable, powerful and injurious to the state of Pakistan. According
to the majority of the Tahreek-e-Taliban’s factions engaging in the
regions adjacent to the Pak-Afghan boarders, the situation is now
spinning out of Pakistani intelligence’s control. The few Taliban groups
that used to stand by the government, sometimes, are either on the
verge of extinction or have allied with the more powerful groups. They
are in no mood to rest assured of the Pakistani government, while we
clearly witness the growing influence of the Tahreek and its scores of
foreign allies from Arabs, Uzbek and Chechens who are not at all ready
to rely on the government. Rather, they consider the Pakistani army one
of the likes of NATO and American forces.
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