[NATION.PK] The announcement of the death of Taliban chief Mullah Omar... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title
Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality...
two years ago coincided both with the killing in a police encounter of Malik Muhammad Ishaq, the leading spirit behind the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ...
, and eight companions. It was almost as if rivals of the ISIL were being eliminated. That impression was reinforced by the announcement, again belated, of the death of Maulana Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of the Haqqani network. At the same time, it was almost as if the ISI was being deprived of some of its most precious assets, if one accepts that all three were actually controlled by the ISI.