A car loaded with explosives plunges itself into a donkey cart killing twenty, reports a local newspaper. This incident happened in Pakistan’s North West province known for its strong social ties to the once powerful Taliban across the border. It is the third suicide attack in as many days in this part of Pakistan. The death toll has climbed to an astonishing forty for just these suicide attacks. The forty excludes the countless injured and includes a mayor of a nearby town. It is not the first time N.W.F.P has played home to these bombings; it could be stated as the most heavily bombarded province since Pakistan’s war on terror. A close link to the notorious Taliban and strongholds of terrorism activists in its tribal areas are one of many reasons for the enormous death toll in this specific part of Pakistan.
Pakistan’s self inflicted war could be originated from Sep 2001 when after the fall of the twin towers led to Afghan invasion. Pakistan aiding with allies in the United States led a full front operation against the Taliban leading to a dispersion of Taliban groups throughout Afghanistan as well as on Pakistani soil. Pakistan’s strong links to the United States, the siege of the Lal masjid in 2007 and troubled judicial systems 2008-09 are constituted as the main elements behind Pakistan’s troubled decade.
As of 2 July 2009, Pakistan had suffered 36 suicide bombing incidents since January 2009, killing at least 465 and injuring more than 1120. 59 suicide attacks in 2008 as against 56 in year 2007. At least 852 persons, including 712 civilians and 140 Security Force (SF) personnel, were killed and over 1,867 persons injured by 65 suicide bombers involved in these attacks. 729 persons, including 552 civilians and 177 SF personnel, were killed and 1,677 persons injured by 58 suicide bombers, in 2007. Although, these attacks retaliate huge numbers NWFP had its highest share of casualties with 32 of the 59 suicide attacks in 2008 occurring in the NWFP and in 2007, 27 of the 56 suicide attacks occurred in the NWFP.
Through facts like these how can the common man feel safe? How can the common man feel the security needed for his
survival that is his god given right? If there is no sense of safety, how can the common man work and provide for himself and the so
many dependent in him?
1 comments:
I remember writing about the same issue for a local paper , terrorism has grasped the country leaving the common man seeking security within his own homeland. Sad era in the history of Pakistan.
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