Peshwar, May 6 (NVI): While the clouds of war between Pakistan and India hover, Pashtun-dominated Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is trying to garner maximum public support against the Pakistan Army in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province so that it could be defeated at the earliest.
The TTP today issued “a message to the brave people of South Waziristan”, saying the Pakistan Army is not only its “enemy” but a “common enemy” of all the people of the region “because this oppressor has occupied our land”.
The statement, issued by TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani, said the Pakistani military has “oppressed” the inhabitants of the region, destroyed their civilization, culture, honour and dignity and “forcibly occupied” natural resources of the region.
“All these are our common things… We, the scholars, leaders and all the people of South Waziristan, submit to you that the enemy (Pakistan Army) we are fighting against is not only our enemy, that is, the enemy of the Mujahideen only. It is a common enemy of all of us, because the land that this oppressor has occupied is our common land,” it said.
The statement said that the “ups and downs of this long war have taught us all a lesson about what the enemy’s goals are regarding this war. It must be understood that the current war is not Pakistan’s, but that of the outsiders (foreign powers), to achieve the goals they had set hundreds of years ago, for which they have always fought here.”
It said the main reason for defeat of all foreign powers in this land every time has been the unity among the scholars, elders and the youth.
“Even today, if all sections of our society come on to the same page, then by the grace and mercy of Allah Almighty, it is hoped that this (Pakistan) Army of gold-bought slaves will very soon see this land from afar,” the statement said.
“We are the children of this nation. Without the nation, we are nothing. We will not provide the nation with an opportunity to complain. Yes, still we are human beings and can make mistakes and so can the nation. So, if any problem arises, we will all try to solve it together,” it said. (NVI)
