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Suicide Blast at Pakistan Mosque Kills at Least 16

Is this a local insurgency needing dialogue and better governance or part of a global jihadist ideology?
Suicide Blast at Pakistan Mosque Kills at Least 16
Above: Onlookers gather at the site of an explosion inside the police headquarters in Kohat, Pakistan on Sept. 18. Image credit: Farooq Naeem/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin


Left narrative

Bombing every militant faction with the same blunt approach just multiplies enemies instead of isolating the real threat. Pakistan needs a smarter strategy: talk to the groups willing to talk, isolate the hardliners waging war and press Kabul to stop attacks launched from Afghan soil. Federal and provincial authorities owe Khyber Pakhtunkhwa urgent legal and political action to break this cycle of violence.

Right narrative

Calling the Kohat mosque massacre local unrest dodges the truth about a global jihadist campaign that slaughters worshippers at Friday prayers. Sixteen dead and more than 50 wounded is not a governance failure to be fixed with committees and negotiation. Honest talk about the ideology driving Muslim-on-Muslim bloodshed, a pattern stretching back centuries, is the only way to stop it.


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