Need for consensus
October 22, 2008 WHILE a Parliamentary Committee holds deliberations to hammer out a consensus national policy document to deal with terrorism, news has come of at least 15 security personnel having been killed in a single encounter in Swat. Already nearly 2,000 troops have died while performing their duties in FATA. The number of non-combatants who fell victim remains unknown. About 200,000 tribesmen have been forced to leave their homes as a result of the ongoing operations. The need to evolve a consensus on militancy thus assumes great importance.
