The real culprits

As expected Osama bin Laden has struck back… or more correctly, his disciples, who he spawned from his cauldron of hate, have made their first major move in their efforts to avenge the death of their leader.

At least 80 people were killed and 140 injured in two suicide attacks on a paramilitary police training centre in the Shabqadar tehsil of Charsadda.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakstan has claimed responsibility for the attack, which is another addition to the long list of sacrifices that Pakistan has had to make in the war on terror.
But the question is that are the Taliban the only ones responsible for these heinous crimes. These fanatics with their distorted beliefs were brainwashed into doing this. This is what they are supposed to do – soldiers of hate only doing the job they were trained for. The real villains are the people who created them and are continuing to abet them. Despite the fact that the Taliban have killed thousands of Pakistanis, these people, who are convinced that they are more “patriotic” than the rest of us and are the final line of defence for the country, still have a soft spot for these cold-blooded murderers and continue to protect and support them.
They are the ones who should be held responsible for the death of so many innocents. Their everlasting obsession with the “Indian threat” has turned them into a threat for Pakistan that is much greater than what India poses. Their anti-Indian sentiments have ignited the flames that now engulf Pakistan itself.  Perhaps, they also believe that the presence of the Taliban and al Qaeda operatives in Pakistan would ensure that the dollars keep flowing into the country so that the defences against India can be propped up. This doctrine has put us on the path of self-destruction and we need to mend our ways immediately.

Moral victory for US but Pakistan has to prepare for backlash

Osama bin Laden is dead and buried… well dumped into the sea that is (It is interesting to see the a flood of tweets all likening this to the way the remains of Megatron, the villainous leader of the Decepticons in the blockbuster movie Transformers, were thrown into the sea, but the he later made a comeback in the movie’s sequel from his watery grave). However, it is not over yet… in fact far from it. Bin Laden was nothing more than a symbolic figure in the ranks of al Qaeda now. The organisation’s operations were being run by others. But nevertheless, it is a great moral victory and the death of perhaps the most hated man after Adolf Hitler would be a great blow to terrorists. But even as the US can celebrate the sweet taste of revenge for what the bin Laden did on September 11, 2001; the Pakistanis would have to prepare for a very terrible backlash from al Qaeda operatives and the Taliban.
After the news about bin Laden’s broke out, a bomb blast near a mosque in Charsadda killed a woman and three children and wounded five others. This incident might not be related to the news about bin Laden’s death, but the possibility cannot be counted out.
In an audio message issued to the Pakistani media from an undisclosed location, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has said that it would avenge the killing of the al Qaeda chief. The most significant part of the message was that Pakistan is now the Taliban’s first target and the US the second. The death of the world’s most wanted man would dramatically alter the current scenario of policies and strategies and Pakistan would have to make changes accordingly.