Military operations are never a solution to Taliban Problem: Imran Khan

Islamabad: Cricketer-turned Pakistani politician Imran Khan on Wednesday cited that the military operations are never a solution to Taliban Problem.
“The debacle of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), which led to the breakup of our country, left me with a strong conviction that military operations are never a solution to any problem, least of all one involving one’s own people,” the chief of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf said.

“Through a series of lies, we saw an ‘invasion’ of all manner of US personnel being given freedom of action within our country, with no control or accountability, and renditions of Pakistanis and others – some landing in Guantanamo, others simply disappearing,” he added.

Imran, who party rules the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where three attacks killed over 100 people last month, said Pakistan further into an abyss of terrorism alongside drone attacks and military operations as we fell in line with the US militarist approach to the US ‘war on terror’.

Taking on his opponents, he said when some in the country, “in an accusatory fashion”, declare that his party has given legitimacy to the Taliban by asking that an office be set up, they should recognize that it is the APC that used the word “stakeholder”.

He added structuring the talks prevents sabotage of the process. “This will also show our sincerity to the tribal people who have the greatest stake in peace today and they can help in isolating the hard core militants.”