One year has passed since Pakistan Army took control of Parachinar . Question arises, was Pak Army able to bring peace into kurram Agency : The answer is NO. Kurram Agency which was under siege for four years. Taliban and other extremist organizations from all over the country were fighting against Turi tribesmen. Army was silent spectator.
ISPR (Inter Services Public Relation) and Azad Media were referring to this war as sectarian war.
When Army was busy in military operation in Waziristan and Orakzai thousands of Taliban would pour
into neighboring Kurram to get hold of strategically important kurram. Taliban
would travel by road from Waziristan to Kurram even most Taliban intruded from
nearby Khost province through shahidano dand area.
Army and FC were not bothered by Taliban lashkars, they were
not stopped or attacked by Army and FC. For reference you can check new American
foundation report on FATA.
When war ended roads leading to Parachinar were still
closed, Army used to arrange convoys for turis. These convoys were not arranged
on humanitarian basis but they would charge Rs 500 fair from each traveler and
they would charge Rs 2000 from each vehicle carrying food stuff to Kurram. Many
times convoys were attacked by Talibans, where only Turi tribesmen were
targeted, Army and FC were left unharmed.
There is footage in which convoy is attacked, looted in sadda lower Kurram agency under
jurisdiction of FC, vehicle's drivers which belong to turi tribe are offloaded
and killed and FC personel are going by
side doing nothing.
Similarly a convoy of 22 trucks were looted and then and trucks were burnt to ashes on 4 January near Arawali FC port Lower Kurram. Then a mini bus was attacked on 13 march 2011 near Mamo Khwara District Hangu killing thirteen, and the major accident when convoy was attacked near Bagan lower Kurram on 23 march 2011, 45 were made hostages and out of 45, 12 were killed. 33 were made hostages for three months. They were released when students of Parachinar protested for 110 days in front of Islamabad press club.
They were released after paying 30 million rupees, which
were taken from Kurram development fund. (That’s how our Army funds terrorist
organizations). Hostages were released on 21 June 2011, and pressure was built
on got to carry army operation in Kurram Agency, especially in Lower
Kurram.
Army operation was started but in central Kurram, where they
have to deal with Taliban which are hostile toward them. Lower kurram where
most convoys came under attack is home to Fazal Saeed Haqani, for which he take responsibility. No stern action has been taken against him. He was TTP kurram chapter
leader, later split with TTP and made TTP islami. He is cousin the cousion of
Lower kurram MNA Munir Orakzai, according to him in recent interveiw with VOA
radio deewa, Fazal Saeed is pro- government and has never attacked army. This could be the
reason that’s why army is not taking action against him. Once his petrol pump
station was destroyed but was again compensated by got and his men were also
released .
Fazal Saeed village
(Uchat) lower kurram is near Pak-Afghan border, where his men force is used to
attack on nearby Afghan checkpost (Babrak Thana). So no operation is expected
from army.
Security of Parachinar was transferred to Pak-Army by Turi
volunteers in summer 2011. Army immediately started building check posts on all
main roads going to Parachinar city, just in 6 months span of time after
security of Parachinar was transferred to army two bombs blasted in Parachinar
city. First bomb blasted on 17
February 2012, more then 50 were killed and above 80 were injured.
When angry Turi tribesmen started protest against security
agencies, FC and Army opened fire on protestors and tanks were brought on
streets. 11 were killed 35 were injured when FC opened fire on them and one was
crushed by tank.
Video of protest was leaked, army arrested protestors most
of them were teenagers, and they were tortured and were detained for months,
and were released after paying huge fines.
The second bomb
blasted on 10 September 2012,
in which more then 20 were killed and above 80 were injured. Instead of feeling
safe, people are worried about security in Parachinar and our vans are still
attacked in lower Kurram. Even now they throw acid at our female students. Till
now not stern action has been taken against Fazal Saeed Haqani who is believed
that he resides in Burju village and he frequently visits Peshawar.
Attacks on Parachinar bound buses are regular, recent attack
was remote control attack on bus near Sadda, and one was killed. Local
political administration is doing what it is good at “sowing seeds of hatred
among different tribes”. So that to keep alive their created sectarianism
doctrine. As FATA is governed under FCR a colonial law which was made to
control tribesmen still carries similar techniques of colonial country.
Last month leader of Anjuman Faroqia Bakht Jamal was
attacked, he got injured. Political administration took stern action arrested
158 tribesmen from different villages of Kurram agency with out any formal charges against them.
When sit-in was staged in solidarity with Quetta sit-in, turis also demanded release of
158 detainees. The sit-in continued for 2 more days after Quetta sit-in . At last political
administration agreed to release those who are not involved in assassination
attempt on Bakht jamal.
So Army operations are not solution to the problem, Army
itself is the part of the problem,
tribesmen are killed by both of them and drones, army operations kills
poor tribesmen by shelling on their homes or accusing them Taliban, capturing their
schools, Taliban kill them for not assisting them and destroy their schools,
drones kill them, while referring to them
as signature strikes.
Tribesmen want peace, education, abolition of
colonial laws, so no further war should be waged on the name of them.