by SYED SALEEM SHAHZAD
The crackdown is likely to provide a justification for the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi to carry out more attacks inside Pakistan on Sunni and Shi’ite targets, which can only spark more sectarian unrest, as well as possible create a new wave of militants heading for the jihadi epicenter in the North Waziristan tribal area on the border with Afghanistan.
This is precisely what happened after the 2004-2005 crackdown and it proved a decisive factor in the Afghan Taliban’s comeback in 2006.
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