Adil Najam
The headline screams out that more than 40 people are dead after a heartless and soulless suicide attack on a mosque in Rawalpindi. The story under it tells us that more than half of those butchered are children.
Numb. Enraged. Without words. One stares into space.
How many such headlines have we seen? How many more are we destined to see?
Carnage. Bloodshed. Callousness. Hatred.
These are not things that anyone with a modicum of humanity can become used to. Yet, the world passes us by. Its not even news for the rest of the world. They are too busy worrying about “their” Taliban, to care about what “our” Taliban are doing. In the crazy world that we have manufactured, not every death is created equal. And certainly not every life.
Once again, Pakistanis die. Once again, Pakistanis cry. Alone.
Once again, Pakistanis stare into the darkness of nothingness, looking for answers. There are few words of sympathy from those who claim to be our friends. There are only sneers and jeers from those who are our enemies.
Why, one asks, why? Why do they hate us so?
In this video interview one would-be suicide bomber speaks up. It is harrowing. Listen, if you will, to the voice of hatred. Listen, if you can, to what Pakistan’s enemy sounds like.
damn the pakistani army who created these monsters. damn the dictators like zia and Mush who played this dirty politics. i fume with anger when i see filthy offsprings of zia – ijaz ul haq- in our national assembly and the patronizing he did of culprits behind the laal masjid
also another point, when i watch our news channels like geo…i fail to understand why they take osama bin laden name is a polite manner “like osama afghanistan mai hain, un ka pata kissi ko naheen”….why do we need to give respect to mudrers?????? this hypocisy needs to stop
A few commentators have remarked about this already, but there is no way to have a dialogue with these terrorists. The next time Imran Khan, the Jamaat-e-Islami, Ansar Abbasi, etc, call for dialogue with the Taliban, they should be made to watch this video. Dialogue with the Taliban is futile.
The guy is brain washed. However, I have learned in my engineering profession that to fix a problem, we need to find the root cause and try to fix it. My limited knowledge leads to me to believe that Pakistani have to look inwards at their morals and corruption. Some thing has to be done to show ordinary deprived youth that the corrupt politicians, bureacrats, and army generals are held accountable and punished for their crimes. I also believe, that Pakistan is now on a path of a civil war and revolution with violent events. Nothing can stop this revolution, which will wipe out the injustice even though it will hurt the majority of the innocent citizens.
@Babar: I totally agree with you.
Can someone please give an update and context of the video. Was the Taliban interviewed here under custody and what has happened to him now?