Islamabad / New Delhi: Pak’s latest crackdown on banned terror groups are merely an “eyewash” to placate the West in the wake of terror attacks emanating from the nation’s soil, a US-based news website, which reports on the war on terror has commented.
Pakistan said on Tuesday JeM chief Masood Azhar’s son and brother were among 44 members of the banned militant outfits taken into “preventive detention”, amid mounting pressure from the global community on it to rein in the terror groups operating on its soil.
Islamabad also said it is shuttering institutions that belong to JuD, a designated terror group, an alias for LeT. “If the past is any guide, the efforts are merely eyewash to placate Western govts in the wake of major terror attacks emanating from Pakistani soil,” the Long War Journal (LWJ) has commented.
“That’s because Pak has claimed it has shut down JuD offices and detained its top leaders in the past, only to allow offices to reopen and the leaders free months later,” it said. Ironically, Pak generals and govt officials routinely state terrorist groups are not permitted to operate on Pak soil. Yet the JuD operates freely in Rawalpindi, where Pak army is headquartered, LWJ noted.
