Let us take the “threats of serious nature from across the border”. A Pakistani team headed by Foreign Secretary Sohail Mahmood and an Afghan team led by Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Idrees Zaman Afghan is currently holding talks in Islamabad. The “current unwarranted situation” would get resolved through elections. In case the people felt they were being disenfranchised through delaying tactics to manipulate the elections the situation could further deteriorate. North Waziristan will take years before it has the type of “peaceful environment” that adviser to KP chief minister wants.

Source: Pakistan Today June 10, 2019 15:22 UTC