Taliban threat

Published September 3, 2014

The government has invoked Article 245 to call upon the army to protect the capital from a perceived threat from the Taliban.

I hope the government is aware there are a large number of people from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa among the rioters present in Islamabad who may be Taliban sleepers. These elements will be ready to move at an opportune time as our army is preoccupied elsewhere.

S. Ahmad
Karachi

Published in Dawn, September 3rd, 2014

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