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| India-Pakistan |
| Pak-Afghan equation |
| 2014-12-09 |
| [DAWN] THE handover of Latif Mehsud, a key leader of the banned TTP, and unnamed other prisoners held by the US military in Afghanistan and wanted by Pakistain is a significant confidence-building measure. It suggests the US, Pakistain and Afghanistan are genuinely working towards trying to address the respective security concerns that the three countries have in the region. At the very least, it marks a conclusive break from the strained era of Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... , who was often accused by the Pak security establishment of effectively offering sanctuary to anti-Pakistain holy warriors in order to put pressure on Pakistain on the Afghan Taliban. Going forward from here though is not necessarily straightforward or easy, given that the Afghan government is almost sure to insist on a quid pro quo that will involve Pakistain facilitating access to the Afghan Taliban leadership in order to push ahead with the dialogue process. Perhaps, though, with the US acting as a broker and a kind of guarantor behind the scenes, the Pak-Afghan equation can be unlocked. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 No difference since 911 the Pak army still support the Afghan Taliban/AlQ/Le T,Haqquani etc |
| Posted by: Paul D 2014-12-09 12:59 |
| #2 2 + 2 = (- 1)^1/2 |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-12-09 04:50 |
| #1 =0. solved. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-12-09 02:24 |