Showing posts with label Pakistan and the Taliban. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pakistan and the Taliban. Show all posts

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Experts underline Pakistan central to world's extremist worries

No Exit from Pakistan - daniel-markey-no-exit-from-pakistan
Daniel Markey's book offers observations about the underpinnings of Pakistani- US relations
Carol Forsloff--Five years ago the Obama White House said this - “The safe havens for violent extremist groups within Pakistan continue to pose an intolerable threat to the United States, to Afghanistan, and to the Pakistani people.  Have things changed?

What the United States found in 2010 offered allegations in the war logs that Pakistan‘s Inter-Services Intelligence has been covertly supporting the Taliban.  This brought about strong statements from the White House, finding the situation “unacceptable.”