He said all seven tribal Agencies in this unique administrative unit are suffering from violence in varying degrees and there isn't much hope that the situation would become normal anytime soon.
"As there are strong links between the militants operating on both sides of the Pak-Afghan border and the US-led armies in Afghanistan and the Pakistan Army in FATA are committed to fight them in their respective areas of operation, we have to accept the reality that the Pakistani tribal belt will remain a battleground for the foreseeable future," Yusufzai concluded.
Hence, Pakistan's tribal territories would remain destabilized until the long-lost peace and stability is restored in the neighboring Afghanistan where Taliban resistance against US-led Western forces has intensified with every passing year since October 2001, when America invaded the country, ousted the Taliban from power and installed a friendly government headed by Hamid Karzai.
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