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| India-Pakistan |
| Inevitable questions |
| 2014-03-08 |
| [DAWN] WHEN Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan makes statements such as a "majority of Taliban" are pro-Pakistain and pro-peace, who'd be surprised to find the interior minister in the critics' cross-hairs? However we castigate him and with considerable justification, the bitter truth is that he represents a much wider malaise: a lethal mix of denial, obfuscation and the conspicuous absence of a spine that has marked our handling of the existential threat posed by religious militancy. Of course I was appalled to hear the interior minister saying in parliament that the majority of the Taliban are not "inimical" to Pakistain and are supportive of the so-called grinding of the peace processor. In fact, when he focused on the details of the Islamabad court attack (and I don't have facts at my disposal to contradict him on who killed the judge), it was clear he was trying to somehow absolve the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) of the blame. |
| Posted by:Fred |