Now, this is the most difficult question you have asked. You can not just separate “militiants” from “local people” that easily. Neither a full fleshed militiary operation nor a “deal” with Taliban is the answer to this. What you need, for now, is start doing a short research on the demographics and cultures of the poeple living in NWFP. You need to involve local poeple (tribal elders) so that you can somehow differentiate between the right and wrong.

Secondly, you should also start developing these areas ASAP. Awareness among masses about right and wrong can also help. Now, amidst all of this, we can never stop militiary operation. Operation, in one way or another, has to go on for the militiants who refuses to throw arms. And alongwith, you need to “accept those” who decides to throw arms and promises to live a normal life.

In short; both of the options (militiary action and creating awarenss)should go hand in hand.

I don’t want my sister to be whipped in public. But this should not, logically and morally, mean that I celebrate the homelessness of over 2.5 million people, including women, who upon their return to their homeland – provided they ever get a chance to – will find their whole villages turned into debris, rubble.

The military operation CANNOT exorcise the Taliban. It will breed more hatred and resentment and create even more suicide bombers.

What if you are ‘displaced’ and asked to start living in a makeshift camp in poor conditions? And the whole of Karachi becomes a war zone and your home, office, university, club, gym – everything – is aerial-bombed to nothingness? All your academic degrees, certificates, passport, books, computers get destroyed? Where will you go without a penny in your pocket?

Since when have modernism and liberalism assumed the meaning of war and destruction of poor, innocent people?

Their cruel, immoral, unjustified on many accounts, actions might just yield results. Probably the govt. is not deluded, and knows what its going after.

In any case, even if they succeed in wiping out Talibans’ militancy, at the price of numerous innocent citizens, govt’s actions will remain immoral, regardless of the consequences.

Its a dilemma – a choice between ideal morality and an unjust stance that may yield practical results.

how do u intend to do that?