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This whole incident is suspicious

It was speculated that the formation of a Taliban government would create favorable conditions for terrorist groups in Afghanistan. But for now it seems to be the opposite. Hence curiosity has arisen regarding this incident.

A few days ago news came that al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri had been killed in a US drone strike. Later, many speculations related to this were made in the international media. Some reports said that Pakistan became America’s ally in the killing of al-Zawahiri. It was mentioned in this connection that a few days ago, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Chief of the Army Staff of Pakistan, spoke to US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sharman. During this, he had sought America’s help in getting loans from IMF to Pakistan. It was speculated that in exchange for this help, the US asked for the address of al-Zawahiri. The house where al-Zawahiri was hiding in Afghanistan belonged to the leader of the Haqqani faction. This group is now part of the Afghan government. So al-Zawahiri was killed. A few days later, news came that a major terrorist of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had been killed along with three of his associates in Afghanistan.

TTP remains a headache for Pakistan. A slain terrorist had a bounty of US$3 million on his head. This terrorist named Abdul Wali was also known as Umar Khalid Khorasani. So now the question has arisen that what is the role of Taliban and Haqqani faction in this incident? Are the strings of the Taliban regime now connecting with the US through Pakistan? It was speculated that the formation of a Taliban government would create favorable conditions for terrorist groups in Afghanistan. But for now it seems to be the opposite. Hence curiosity has arisen regarding this incident. Pakistan as well as the Taliban government declined to comment on Khorasani’s death. Khorasani was once against any kind of talks with the Government of Pakistan. Although Pakistani officials say that when Pakistan sent a delegation of religious scholars to Kabul for peace talks, Khorasani was also included in the TTP delegation that discussed with this delegation. By the way, these talks were in limbo, with little signs of progress.

Shubham Bangwal

Shubham Bangwal is a Senior Journalist at Youthistaan.com You can follow him on Twitter @sb_0fficial
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