I guess that headline is a boo-boo they must have meant anti-terrorism....but then again....VIEW: Religion and politics — Dr Hasan-Askari Rizvi
The military government therefore used coercion against the Al Qaeda-type hard-line Islamic elements in a selective manner that enabled it to maintain a working relationship with the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) that supported the Taliban, sympathised with Al Qaeda and opposed Pakistan’s participation in global efforts against terrorism. The MMA joined hands with the Musharraf government for passing the 17th constitutional amendment that legitimised most of the changes made by the Musharraf regime in the 1973 constitution. The cordial interaction between the two ran aground when President Musharraf refused to quit as army chief on December 31, 2004.
And let's not forget the porous border between Pakistan and Afhganistan, the so called tribal areas which were the source of CIA missles for drugs exchanges during the anti-Soviet jihad. The area iswhere Canadian troops are currently; Kandahar. Where the Taleban Train
Quetta, the capital of the Pakistani province of Baluchistan, lies about 200 kilometres southeast of Kandahar, across a porous border. Many of my fellow countrymen have made the journey here. In fact, some sections of the city seem to be populated almost entirely by Taleban who fled after the United States-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001. Over the last year, Kandahar has seen an alarming rise in suicide bombings and attacks on troops and government installations. In the past three months alone, there have been more than 20 acts of violence, leaving dozens dead, hundreds wounded, and an entire province terrorised. Quetta provides a ready supply of young men prepared to wreak havoc in Afghanistan, local observers tell me. There are eight major madrassas or Muslim religious schools in Quetta, each with over 1,000 students or "taleban" in the original sense of the word. In addition, there are hundreds of private madrassas, some with just 100 students, often occupying unmarked, rented houses.
It is these private schools that are a major source of the fighters who are now carrying out insurgent operations inside Kandahar, according to these observers.
Another reason to say a pox on both your houses, Canadian Troops Out Now!
Afghan villagers won't say who axe-wielding attacker of Canadian was
Afghanistan was the “Hobbesian” state that was kosher for interference by its neighbouring countries so that each could secure itself against the fallout of its endemic internal chaos. In Pakistan today — thanks to decades of jihad that kept the borders as porous as possible — many regions resemble Afghanistan. There is practically no writ of the state in most of Balochistan and most of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Foreign raiders may attack this territory to get at the elements that bother them, just as we went into Afghanistan looking for strategic depth. What is unforgivable is the lack of information — and the possible withholding of it — at the crucial moment when the politicians are in denial and the Musharraf government is on the defensive. *
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