Pakistan’s War With The Taliban May Be About To Get Worse -- Naina Bajekal, Time
It's not clear if the massacre of at least 132 school children means the Taliban has weakened or remains strong
The Taliban’s attack on a Peshawar school that left at least 132 school children and nine members of staff dead on Tuesday was described by Maryam Nawaz Sharif, the daughter of the Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, as “the biggest human tragedy Pakistan may have ever seen”.
The massacre follows a relative lull in violence in Pakistan since the attack on the country’s biggest airport on June 9, in which 36 people were killed, including ten gunmen. The Pakistani government responded by launching a military offensive against Taliban strongholds in the North Waziristan region of Pakistan which borders Afghanistan.
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My Comment: Today's attack reminded me of the Beslan school massacre of 2004, but unlike that attack which resulted in the lost of support for the extremists in the Caucasus, today's attack in Pakistan will only intensify the bitter struggle between the Pakistan government and Taliban militants. Too much blood has been spent, and the Taliban are now signalling that they are going to increase their terror campaign to a level that has never been seen in Pakistan. My prediction .... the blow-back is going to be intense.
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