Originally Posted by mAd_ScIeNtIsT

Let's consider what we have here.

1) Pictures of uncircumcised bodies alleged to be Taliban, no proof they are and no proof they aren't, but the government and ISPR have not denied that these are bodies from the current operation. I'm therefore inclined to believe from the lack of government denial that these pictures are real.

2) Yet the government is not blaming any other country for sending these men. Why? After all, even before India or Afghanistan hav a single body in its posession after any attack over there, they immediately blame Pakistan.

Why would this happen?

There are a number of possibilities. In order of most to least likely:
a) The government wants to hide foreign involvement. : This is extremely unlikely as the government would only gain from showing other countries were stoking this, both domestically and internationnally. Pakistan could prove itself to be the target of an international conspiracy, rallying the people behind Zardari, boosting his power and allowing him to do almost anything.

Even if the government tried to cover up foreign involvement, conservative elements in the government and military would speak to the press. Anyone who was fired for exposing a foreign plot against the county would become a hero in the media; and would turn into a weapon for the opposition to swiftly bring down the government.

b) The second explanation, that some tribes are less strict about certain religious norms, would fit better with the government's explanation. Both the government and army would be internationally humiliated if they blamed other countries based on the circumcision evidence alone, only for news about tribal customs to filter out later. The government and army's actions are consistent with how they would behave if they knew that not all pashtun tribes practiced circumcision.

Muslims in different parts of the world practice Islam to different extents. In Pakistan we have Muslims who go to the graves or "pirs" to pray for their intervention; in Africa you get Muslims who go to those who claim to practice black magic; etc. It' snot hard to believe that you would get Muslims who similarly stray by not getting snipped.