| Sources said Musharraf also wants to avoid agitating the thousands of "jihadis," who fought alongside the Taliban in Afghanistan or are doing battle in Indian-held Kashmir. None of the fighters has been prosecuted or even disarmed, the sources said. "There may not be any other country in the world which has at least 10,000 nonmilitary personnel who were ready to give their lives," a top Pakistani security official said. Pakistanâs intelligence agencies have long had covert ties to militant and âjihadiâ groups in Pakistan â ties nurtured to help successive Pakistani governments support the now-defunct Taliban, as well as pressing Pakistanâs battle against Indian troops in Kashmir. |