The Haqqanis do not fall under the banner of the TTP. They are an independent group who, along with their allies, have had a confusing relationship with the Mehsuds.

The Haqqanis were attacked because they continue to plant IEDs in Afghanistan. Most of their mines end up killing women and children. The Haqqanis are also a state within a state in Pakistan - they control Pakistani territory, they legislate statutes, they act as the judiciary and even Pakistani generals need to seek the commander's permission before stepping on his turf.

We need to set our priorities right. Stop our Arab and other local friends from funding these militants. We should give up our silly dreams of controlling Afghanistan and gaining strategic depth because the cancer of militancy will end up consuming Pakistan itself first even before the first Indian soldier steps on Pakistani soil.

Lastly, what happened the last 5 times we negotiated with the TTP? And despite the drones, our agreements with the Haqqanis, Hekmatyars, Gul Bahadur and others still stand. But the TTP has time and again broken its agreements with us.

Also, we should stop being paranoid and seeing everything as some sort of a conspiracy. There are no patterns. The only Yahudi and Amriki and Hindu sazish exist in our Pakistan Studies-riddled minds. It's time we grow up and take responsibility for our actions.