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| 'Pakistan, Afghanistan and US must unite to combat extremism' |
| 2007-09-23 |
| An American expert on South Asia has urged tripartite cooperation between Pakistan, the US and Afghanistan in combating the terrorist threat posed by Al Qaeda and the Taliban and securing regional peace, according to a report released on Friday. Lisa Curtis, senior research fellow in the Asian Studies Centre at The Heritage Foundation, asserts in the report, displayed on the Fox News website, that Al Qaeda has retrenched in PakistanÂ’s tribal areas, a claim substantiated by a recent United Nations report indicating that 80 percent of suicide bombings in Afghanistan originate from PakistanÂ’s tribal regions. The US, she says, has sufficient reason to target the militants but is hampered by how it can proceed without destabilising Pakistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 THEN maybe the world can get a hand-hold on terror emanating from central A There, fixed it for ya. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2007-09-23 18:21 |
| #1 The onus is on Pakistan to prove it's actually willing to fight terrorism. The proof will be in how much effort they put on shutting down madrassas that extol terrorism and train terrorists. There hasn't been much effort put into it in the past, and I doubt seriously if there's much effort put into it in the future. Also, the promotion of terrorism against Pakistan's neighbor, India, aided and supported by the Pakistani government, doesn't bode well for future success. I'd much rather see the Pashtuns reunited as part of a greater Afghanistan, with the rest of Pakistan being absorbed by India. THEN maybe the world can get a hand-hold on terror emanating from central Asia. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-09-23 18:01 |