New fish

One may consider the US is playing the role of world policeman when offering rewards for information on militant leaders operating in West and North Africa. But at the same time it’s true that things are slowly getting out of hands of local governments wherein militant groups are expanding their ruthless influence. Earlier the US has run same sort of reward scheme to catch or eliminate Al-Qaeda and Taliban leaders operating in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen. Based on the information and tip offs Americans were able to take out a number of leaders using either drone attacks or deploying secret missions to do the task.
But we regret to note that elimination of these top leaders has not broken the back of AQ and Taliban in Af-Pak border areas. They are still able to recruit militants who are ready to die in revenge, for money or out of their perceived religious convictions. It’s quite obvious that Taliban are able to exploit the widespread poverty, joblessness and religious sentiments in the area.. Terrorists are able to launch and operate their sites, communicate via latest devices and spread their message of hatred. Perhaps it’s also time for clamp down on communication ease being exploited b y militants.
MASOOD KHAN
Jubail, Saudi Arabia