Manzoor Pashteen slammed Pakistan Army for murdering Pashtun children in cold blood at Afghanistan and in Waziristan, describes Rawalpindi’s cowardly action as ‘worst form of terrorism’. The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader urged Pashtun youth to get ready to fight against Pakistani regime’s oppression and planned genocide.
“Killing children is not an anti-terrorist operation, it is itself the worst form of terrorism. Every institution in Pakistan is a slave of the Pak Army,” said Manzoor Pashteen in his social media post. Manzoor Pashteen detailed the name and ages of children killed in targeted Pakistan Army operations during the last couple of days at Khost and Nangarhar in Afghanistan and at Mir Ali in Waziristan. A two-year-old child Anas was killed when the Pak Army’s drone quadcopter dropped bombs at Mir Ali in North Waziristan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Similarly, during the bombings at Khost and Nangarhar six Pashtun children were killed.
“Killings Pashtuns, imprisoning innocents, disappearing innocent people, forming armed organizations to spread unrest and then carrying out military operations in the name of maintaining peace. This is all terrorism,” lamented Manzoor Pashteen. He further added that it is the duty of every Pashtun to launch a continuous campaign to question the world media about the lack of coverage about these inhumane and cruel killings. “We are calling on all the (Pashtun) youth to be ready to fight against the oppression of Pashtoon Afghans and if you can’t do anything else, at least raise your voice,” urged the Pahstun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) leader.
In fact, the entire Pashtunistan is grappling with bomb blasts and targeted killings by the Pakistani forces. The Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) estimates that over 75,500 Pashtuns have been killed in violent attacks by the Pakistani regime across Pashtunistan and around 7,600 Pashtuns have been forcefully abducted who remain “missing” till date. The targeted kidnappings in Wana, the deteriorating conditions in Tirah, Azam Warsak, Janikhel, Bajaur and other areas across Pashtunistan is all part of a treacherous plan of the Pakistan Army. As the law and order worsens in these areas the GHQ Rawalpindi announces anti-terrorist operations in the name of national security, in reality, however, this becomes a way to terrorize the local Pashtun population, drive them away and loot the natural resources of Pashtunistan.
Pakistan Army’s new-found policy to eliminate Pashtuns silently and steadily is an effort to curb all dissent and resistance in Pashtunistan in order to loot mineral resources and marble wealth spread across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Several industry estimates suggest that Pashtunistan has massive reserves of marble, granite, chromite, manganese, nephrite, garnet, quartz and emeralds that is worth billions of dollars. Whenever Pashtuns oppose the plunder of their resources Rawalpindi announces ‘security operations’ from Waziristan to Bajaur. These unannounced ‘security raids’ are conducted to forcibly displace Pashtuns from their homes and homeland and seize control of their land and resources.