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| Militant attacks declined after Zarb-e-Azb operation: report |
| 2015-06-18 |
| [NATION.PK] Militant attacks in the country have dropped to six years low, after one year of operation Zarb-e-Azb ..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... . This was revealed by Islamabad based Think Tank Pakistain Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS), which monitors bad boy activities in South Asia, Central Asia and West Asia. Before start of Zarb-e-Azb, PICSS recorded average bad boy attacks gone up to historic high of 154 attacks per month, which has now dropped more than 50 percent to 71 attacks per month. PICSS claims that the average of bad boy attacks after one year of Zarb-e-Azb is lowest since 2008. Operation Zarb-e-Azb not only improved overall security situation in the country, but it also caused serious dents to the unity of TTP. TTP splinted into at least three major factions. Before Zarb-e-Azb average bad boy attacks per month in KPK province was 49 which saw 75 percent decline to 12 attacks per month in first five and half months of 2015. Before Zarb-e-Azb highest number of bad boy attacks was being recorded from KPK. In FATA average bad boy attacks before Zarb-e-Azb were 31 which have now dropped to 16 attacks per month. To support Zarb-e-Azb and control blow back in major cities, security forces had launched Intelligence Based Operations (IBOs) across the country. These operations helped in limiting the blow back though hard boyz managed to carry out some high profile attacks in Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. , Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , Lahore, Rawalpindi and Shikarpur. Karachi has also seen remarkable reduction in anti-state violence (apart from violence perpetrated by bad boy wings of political parties) emanating from groups like TTP, Al-Qaeda and their local affiliates. Prior to Zarb-e-Azb the average was 25 attacks per month which has dropped to 9 after 64 percent decline. Security Forces have bumped off some key commanders of Al-Qaeda in South Asia, TTP and 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 ... recently in the city. |
| Posted by:Fred |