[DAWN] Politicians and retired military officials in Islamabad acknowledge privately that having open channels with the Haqqanis is vital. Some stressed the nature of the connection."There's a difference between contact and supporting them or being part of them," Mehmood Shah, a retired brigadier who worked in Pakistain's tribal areas, told AFP.
What does the US want Pakistain to do?
Washington has long pressured Pakistain to crack down on murderous Moslem groups, with the Haqqanis a top priority.
US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
turned up the heat last summer when he accused Pakistain of playing a double game in Afghanistan and upbraided Islamabad for sheltering "agents of chaos".
Islamabad has repeatedly denied the claims and accused Washington of ignoring the thousands of Pak lives lost in its struggle with militancy.
| Pakistan would not have that problem if their pet jihadis didn’t occasionally get snappish, as such pets are wont to do. |
| Their best requires shutting down the ISI and demobbing all the terror groups it supports for the conquest of Indian Kashmir, Afganistan, and India proper. Anything less is not their best. |
| ...a desire to which they are not entitled, as it requires a good portion of another country... |
"You can't simply pluck out somebody because they've gone politically incorrect," he said.
| Politically incorrect means someone speaks recently deemed wrong words, possibly to express recently deemed wrong thoughts. The Haqqanis are terrorists using physical violence to recreate Pakistan and Afghanistan in a restrictive Muslim mold. |