Analysts: Pakistan Airport Attack Could Be First of Many
Analysts: Pakistan Airport Attack Could Be First of Many by Usman Ansari, Defense News
Developments over the past couple of weeks have led analysts to expect “a wave of attacks” by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP), of which the assault on the airport in Karachi from Sunday night into Monday appears to be the first.
After the recent fracturing of the TTP, a discarded peace accord and the June 4 murder of two senior Army officers by the TTP, Claude Rakisits, director at Politact, a Washington-based advisory firm that focuses on South Asian issues, said the changes taking place within the wider Taliban network mean “a wave of attacks throughout the country” should probably be expected…