Pakistani authorities have long accused a Pashtun rights movement, which calls for an end to the conflict along the border with Afghanistan, of conspiring against the state. But the group says its demands are legitimate.
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00:00We are asking for peace from Islamabad. Islamabad is our caliphate. Pakistan belongs to us.
00:15We are the citizens of this country. The sacrifices we have made for Pakistan have been made by our Pashtuns.
00:24We told them not to interfere in our national and civil affairs.
00:32Our CTD and police should go to the police station and carry out all the operations.
00:37Long live freedom! Long live independence!
00:49We had a meeting with the elders of different areas.
00:54They all went to him and talked to him.
00:59He listened to us and we are hopeful.
01:06Long live freedom! Long live independence!
01:18When the peace march took place, there were some negative effects.
01:24About 1500-2000 of them crossed the road where the vehicle was blasted.
01:32They protested against the government and the army.
01:54More than two years since the U.S. left Afghanistan, there has been an increase in terrorist attacks in Pakistan.
02:09As far as those areas are concerned, there is some terrorist activity.
02:14The military has to come in support of the civil administration.
02:25The U.S. military has to come in support of the civil administration.
02:36People in Bannu or elsewhere in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
02:41or in other border districts of Balochistan or elsewhere in Pakistan
02:46are actually tired of this perpetual conflict, this continued conflict in their regions.
02:54The death toll, the killings of innocent people and internal displacement
03:03that the wars in Afghanistan and the insurgency in Pakistan
03:08people have witnessed and people have suffered from that for a very long time.
03:17The U.S. military has to come in support of the civil administration.
03:28If the state of Pakistan holds up to and abides by the promises that they have made
03:37with the local businesses, with the local residents, with the population that has suffered over so many years
03:45then things can resolve.
03:47But if there is half-hearted implementation of the agreements that have been reached
03:55or are being negotiated at the moment, then the situation will worsen.