So the moment the peace talks started, these acts of terrorism escalated.” This was the first effort and this was doomed to failure because there are about 50 Taliban groups, there are some groups not interested in peace. We have never had a proper dialogue in Pakistan between the political government and the Taliban. Imran Khan: “I believe that once the dialogue process was exhausted, then only should operations be a last resort. Isabelle Kumar: “So you don’t support this operation at the moment?” It’s only added to the insurgency, to the extremism.” So military operations have been a disaster for Pakistan. From one Taliban group, you’ve got 50 Taliban groups now. And all it has done is it has exacerbated the situation. Number one, if you are pro-peace and pro-dialogue, that does not mean you’re soft on the Taliban because we have had military operations for nine-and-a-half years. Imran Khan: “I just need to correct two things. Do you support the military in their strikes against the Taliban?” Isabelle Kumar: “There has been a military operation against the Taliban with the end of peace efforts – marking an end to those peace efforts – after the Taliban admitted that they had killed 21 soldiers.
She also put euronews viewers’ questions to him, sent via social media. He spoke to Isabel Kumar in the Global Conversation. However, his detractors say he is soft on the Taliban. Imran Khan, the ex-international cricketer and dominant political figure in the restive Pakhtunkhwa province in the north of the country, has been at the forefront of efforts to find a peaceful end to this crisis. Peace talks with the Taliban to end an insurgency that has cost tens of thousands of lives have recently broken down. Amid tribal, religious and ethnic tensions, the security situation in Pakistan remain as volatile as ever.
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