The Dirtiest War -- Newsweek
The Pakistani Taliban is broken. But a deadly new menace is rising.
It was a cold, wet February morning when Zaidi Bibi received the headless body of her husband. The details are seared into her brain—how could she forget? “His hands were tied behind his back,” she recalls, telling her story from behind a thick curtain in compliance with her culture’s strict code of separation between men and women. “His head was also tied back there, like he was holding it in his own hands.” Bibi pauses in her narrative; her laboured breath sounds through the dense fibres of the curtain. She’s never had to recount this story before—no one has ever asked her about it. Recollecting her composure, she continues. “There used to be so much happiness in this house,” she says. “Now there is only hatred. To me, it only feels like my husband died yesterday. I still think about him constantly. I still have nightmares about his headless body. There is no happiness left here anymore.”
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My Comment: Considering the brutality and repression that the Taliban imposed (in the past two years) on many of the people in this part of Pakistan, I cannot help but expect that retribution and revenge killings will continue for a long time. The Pakistani Government is staying back .... letting this internal war run its course.
This is also a heads up on what can happen in Afghanistan if the Taliban should gain power. Expect the same, but only worse. Millions of Afghans have assisted the Central Government and the Allied military in their war against the Taliban .... they will be the first targets if the Taliban should gain control .... and I do not expect the Taliban to be merciful.