Monitoring Desk: The May 9 vandalism is directly connected with Digital Terrorism Pakistan is facing and one of the threads of such terrorism is also linked with economic and physical terrorism launched on Pakistan from Afghanistan. In this kind of digital terrorism, a narrative is being launched on Pakistan that the Taliban style of rule is a solution for Pakistan and this only happens when security institutions are removed from Pakistan.
These were observations of participants of a current affairs show “Chotha Satoon” aired by state-run Pakistan Television on Monday. The participants were senior journalists and defence experts Ahmed Mansoor, Aijaz Ahmed, and International Relations expert Shazia Anwer Cheema while senior journalist Jawwad Faizi anchored the show. They were of the view that the PTI resettled TTP terrorists in Pakistan and harbored hatred against state institutions including the Pakistan Army and promoted Talibanisation in Pakistan and the physical representation of such design was May 9 vandalism when symbols of Pakistan’s security and sovereignty were attacked. They added physical, economic, and digital terrorism all different faces of a serpent that attacks from Afghanistan to Pakistan.
Referring to the United Nations report that declared the banned terrorist organization TTP as the biggest terrorist group in Afghanistan is attacking Pakistan from Afghanistan, they believed that Pakistan had been raising the same concerns for a long but the Western world was not listening to Islamabad, and left Pakistan alone after providing best of the best weapons of NATO forces to Afghan Taliban who provided same weapons to TTP to attack security forces of Pakistan.
They were of the view that TTP and other terrorist organizations are a direct threat to the region and especially world peace, TTP is continuously using Afghan territory for terrorist operations from Afghanistan to Pakistan and TTP collaborates with ISIS and Al-Qaeda. The same fact has been documented in the 15th report to the UN Security Council. They thought that Afghanistan was a launching pad of international terrorism while Afghan Taliban are using terrorism as a corporate business.
According to the report, TTP is also getting the patronage of the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan to carry out cross-border attacks in Pakistan. The outlawed TTP is now getting operational and logistical support from terrorist networks like Al-Qaeda.
The report revealed that regional al-Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan, who have long-term ties to the Taliban, are assisting the TTP in carrying out high-profile terrorist attacks inside Pakistan.
The United Nations assessment report further states that there are about 6,500 fighters of the terrorist group TTP in Afghanistan, these fighters are completely free to carry out their activities under the auspices of the Afghan Taliban.
The review report also stated that TTP terrorists in Afghanistan are being trained in Al-Qaeda camps along with local fighters, the camps established by the terrorist organization in several border provinces like Nangarhar, Kandahar, Kunar, and Nuristan and TTP emerged as the largest terrorist group in Afghanistan. This UN report confirms Pakistan’s position that Kabul is not ready to take action against terrorist groups that pose a threat to Pakistan, Afghanistan is becoming a center of terrorism for which the Afghan Taliban government is directly responsible. Pakistan has always maintained that the Afghan government should not seriously consider supporting Pakistan to eradicate terrorism from its roots.
