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| India-Pakistan |
| The Taliban tightrope |
| 2016-05-25 |
| [DAWN] THE killing of Mullah Akhtar Mansour signals a more aggressive US policy stance, as hopes of the Afghan Taliban coming to the negotiating table fade. The death of the recently elected Taliban leader, who had only just managed to consolidate his authority over the group, has given a new twist to the festering Afghan crisis. That the attack was carried out well inside Pakistain’s territory has worsened the predicament -- exposing Pakistain’s vulnerability in balancing an alliance with the United States with maintaining relations with the Afghan Taliban. Authorised personally by President B.O., the strike marks the most significant American incursion into Pakistain since the 2011 US forces raid that killed the late Osama bin Laden ... who is now neither a strong horse nor a weak horse, but a dead horse... . By striking in Balochistan  |
| Posted by:Fred |