Monday, December 10, 2012

MILITARY: AFGHANISTAN

Iran may be involved if the US opted for drone attacks in Balochistan and this is bad news for Pakistan

Balochistan, the largest province of Pakistan with sparse population, is already in a state of war. Discontent is rife there against the federation and hundreds of Baloch activists have gone 'missing'. “The drone attacks in Balochistan will further strengthen Taliban and they will gain sympathy. It will further intensify hatred against the US,” says Tahir Bizenjo, ex-Senator and General Secretary, National Party. “Balochistan Assembly has already passed a resolution against drone attacks,” he further adds. Dr. Syed Jaffar Ahmed, leading Political Analyst and Director, Pakistan Study Centre, University of Karachi asserts, “I think the drone attack in Balochistan will have far reaching consequences, which one may not comprehend at the moment. In the first place I would say this adventure would involve Iran, since the Iranian Balochistan will also feel the heat. Within Pakistan too, this will further heighten the resistance against Americans and will escalate extremism. Moreover, the control of Pakistani federal centre over Balochistan will further weaken.”

During Bush administration, the Americans provided military aide worth $5.6 billion to Pakistan and now it is expected to increase. One is not sure to what extent this would help to eradicate Al-Qaeda and Taliban, but one thing is certain that the democratic movement of Pakistan would be at great risk.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
An Initiative of IIPMMalay Chaudhuri

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