Spaniard here.
I've heard a recent interview with Colorado, the Spanish biker. He seemed to me humble and prudent.
His vision of the situation differs from the one published by the media, as usual highly biased. He was indeed in the area, but the six levies killed were not his escorts, according to his own words. He witnessed two terrorist attacks, one killed in front of his eyes 25 people in a bus, another one, the next day, six armed levies. However, he was in a pick-up with a driver and an escort, and he could run away. He insists the attacks had nothing to do with him.
I myself have seen some violent scenes in Pakistan while crossing the KKH, three years ago and, as it happened with Colorado, had nothing to do with me, I just happened to be there to witness it.
A few months ago I traveled through the same route Colorado used to cross from Iran to India. All I can say is that I felt 110% safe thanks to the amazing job of the Pakistani armed forces. Sometimes I even thought they were being too cautious. Also I want to add that Pakistani people are among the friendliest people on earth. I've felt in very few countries the warmth of people as I've felt in Pakistan. Period.
As for the responsability, it is entirely of the terrorists. There is no question about this, from my point of view.
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