This pertains to your editorial dated November 13 on the above subject. The Al Qaeda provides planners and trainers for terrorist attacks. The TTP provides sanctuaries to Al Qaeda in a large part of FATA which is under control of TTP. Both these organizations have collaborative relationship with Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Lashkar-e-Taiba. The TTP and LeJ execute the most lethal assaults involving suicide-bombers across the country.
The root of terrorism, therefore, is in FATA. The only way to end this scourge is to re-capture Pakistani territory under the control of Al-Qaeda-TTP and destroy their sanctuaries. This has already been done successfully in Swat and S Waziristan. Now, it has to be done in other agencies, particularly N Waziristan. Otherwise, suicide bombers will continue to kill Pakistanis.
JAVED ASGHAR
Lahore
