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21 hours ago ago from SF Gray Panthers
Pakistan, at crossroads of rivalry between Russia, China, and the US, refuses to satisfy US demands on Taliban and Afghanistan. US support for India also a factor. The New York Times December 15 article, “Rebuffing U.S., Pakistan Balks at Crackdown” emphasizes a geo-political importance of Pakistan beyond its hosting pipelines bring Central Asia’s oil and gas to Western and/or Chinese capitalists: Demands by the United States for ...
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The “war on terror” has devastated Iraq and Afghanistan, and is destabilising a number of other countries. The war has spiralled to create dreadful conflicts in Yemen and Somalia, and intensified tensions across the world. But the country now most threatened by the war is Pakistan. The US has stepped up its interventions in Pakistan, with almost 50 drone bombings in the north western border region with Afghanistan killing over ...
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21 hours ago ago from democracyarsenal.org
My apologies for beating a dead horse, but today in the Wall Street Journal comes further confirmation that the Pakistanis have no real interest in going after the Quetta Shura or any other Afghan Taliban safe havens in Pakistan: The success of the U.S. surge in Afghanistan hinges, to a significant extent, on whether U.S. officials can persuade Pakistan to crack down on Afghan insurgents on its side of the border, senior U.S. officials ...
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10 hours ago ago from PoliticalDog101.com
I did a post a while ago about the sensitivity of the Pakistani population to an American escalation of the war against the Taliban and al-Qeada ..well things are getting worst .while the administration does not want to make a big deal about this ..the Big bosses in Pakistan are all right with the war build-up ..the middle to lower ones are not ..The New York Times has broke the story that Pakistan Military and Intelligence people have begun ...
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Under U.S. Pressure, Pakistan Balks at Helping on Afghan Taliban
1 hour, 46 minutes ago ago from TIME.com - World
SEARCH TIME.COM Full Archive Covers Videos Under U.S. Pressure, Pakistan Balks at Helping on Afghan Taliban By Tony Karon and Omar Waraich / Islamabad Thursday, Dec. 17, 2009 U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, left, chairman of the U.S. Central Command, meets Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, ...
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