The once secure family structure of the educated class, that was embedded with love, sacrifice, respect, where the individual could subjectively connect to the whole, feel the strength of unity, do good for the sake of good and depend upon God as the ultimate returner of all deeds, is now slowly but effectively eroding away.
This is a research-based essay, combining the historic and political account of the Baluch and Hazara people with the ethical question of how ethnicities value in the bigger picture of nationhood.
The sarcasm is that the TTP, being guilty of killing several thousands of Pakistani citizens, deems itself the upholder of the Shariah.
...common Afghans, their wives and children are struck violently in surprise attacks, their houses torched, their family members tortured and killed, creates the terror that remains in the hearts and minds of the affected, their extended families and their neighbourhoods. The relentless bombings throughout the years and the kill-and-run operations have only caused the hate that was refuelled in the form of revenge.
Comparing Afghanistan and Vietnam should not just be an evaluation of how the US has lost in both wars, but to understand how little is gained with such a big toll of human life and suffering.