He made his best friend grovel. Taliban Khan was the only one out there arguing that talks and talks alone could end the militancy threat. But that wasn’t enough for Hakeemullah. After all, best friend or no best friend, trust no one. So Hakeemullah set about twisting Taliban Khan’s arm too. PTI was hit, KP was hit and mysterious TTP offshoots appeared out of nowhere to claim responsibility for the attacks — leaving Khan more insistent than ever that talks are the only answer. For Khan, it’s fairly obvious: if talks weren’t going to achieve anything, then why all this effort to scupper them? For Hakeemullah, it must have been worth a chuckle or two. Cooperative folk these Pakistanis are, he may have thought, hit them hard and they’ll talk peace, hit them harder and they’ll beg for peace.
Posted on: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 10:09:06 +0000
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