Shehryar Khan
It was a city known for its flowers, alluvial soil, during springs the scent of
mulberry and citrus used to make the environs similar to that of medieval
Baghdad. It all changed; instead of flowerbeds, now scrub acacia is grown – not
to have firewood but to yield six feet long planks, the planks for innumerous
coffins. This is Peshawar.
The green died on 16th December while the white was looking on, the white
wrapped it all, handing them to the same alluvial soil from where the hope for
nation might grow. The scent will spread again. The mocking jay will nestle the
new sprouting borough. This is the microcosm of complete Pakistan. The uniform
of those little angels was an enliven combination of green over white. At the
end they were all wearing Pakistani flag, the green over white, but with crimson
streaks of blood, the red badges of courage.
The heinous crime committed by the ‘Taliban’ has a long history. They did not
emerge in 2006, out of nowhere in Waziristan. It was a long drawn plan of ‘big
brother’ India to create a monster for Pakistan, which at the end “will devour
the Pakistani state as a platter of grilled chicken.”
Years ago Ajit Doval, the undercover officer of the Indian Intelligence Bureau
in the Indian Embassy at Islamabad remained not only observant but also actively
engaging with all the renegade Afghan leaders who were residing in Islamabad but
had some differences with the Pakistani establishment and Afghan leadership.
He remained in Islamabad for six years, enough time for such a shrewd person to
cultivate people forever. His earlier espionage feats in China, Mizoram and
Punjab were well known. He is the master of incognito operations and deceit.
During the hijacking incident of an Indian plane, he was the lead negotiator.
During that time he closely observed the Taliban and probably made a vow to use
them against Pakistan. Once the US came for the Taliban in 2001, the planeloads
of Afghan mercenaries were taken to India. They were further brainwashed against
Pakistan, under the direct tutelage of Ajit Doval who by then was heading the
operational wing for straight 10 years.
The Afghans being Muslims were then launched incognito as apparent sympathizers
to eliminate the remnants of Kashmiri freedom fighters in the Indian Held
Kashmir. Strangely the same fact is amply portrayed in one of the latest Indian
movies “Haider”. Ajit Doval used the same experience of Afghan connivance in
launching the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan.
The same Ajit Doval is now Indian PM’s national security advisor. The handpicked
colleague of Narindra Modi, whose policy of dagger in the cloak and Ram Ram on
rosary is well known. India’s complete intelligence and security apparatus is
now answerable to Ajit. The telltale signs of the present carnage in Peshawar
also point a finger towards the Indian security advisor, who strongly believes
that “India can only be secured if Pakistan is embroiled in such like
situations,” the technique and the tactics are simple, in terms of literary
phrase it is the classical, Chickens have come home to roost i.e. turning the
domesticated pup into a hound.
Choosing 16th December, the vengeance of a defeat in a hockey match and the
frustration over a leaked plan of terrorist attack in India by RAW itself was
enough of the powder keg to get ignited.
The devil ruled that day over the Warsak road. The diabolic overcast is over but
tiny droplets in crimson have become the pearls from which the rosary of a
united Pakistan will be made. Doubt this statement, look around. One can find
the true revival of ethos of a nation, can’t see it. Good luck, same myopia
prevailed 70 years ago.
What has to be done now? Pakistan is experiencing interesting times; these are
the formative years, the silver lining is its generation of millennial, for the
west this generation of young people is a problem, for Pakistan the same
generation is a hope.
The promise further magnifies in the post millennial generation, the children
under the age of 20 years, they are very intelligent, full of empathy for
others, brave and fully alive to the aspirations of their country and family.
The collective trauma of terrorism for last 10 years has transformed them, they
are the generation of thinking people, they ask questions, search for the
answers and even have the grace not to blame the earlier generations.
The Taliban and their foreign abettors have attacked this generation. This is
probably going to be the biggest strategic mistake of the beast as this tragedy
has awakened Pakistan’s post millennial generation. In fact all tragedies are
for awakening.
The Green over White is rising again. Ajit Doval wanted to write the requiem but
from the ashes the Phoenix is rising, all wrapped in the uniform of APS Warsak,
same colours of Pakistani flag, the Green over White.