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2009-05-23 India-Pakistan
Pakistan: Taliban agree to leave part of Lower Dir
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Posted by Fred 2009-05-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top
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#1 Just a short time ago we heard that the Taliban was within 60 miles of Islamobad and that it could fall to them. Now they seem in retreat in multiple places and the locals in some of these places are rising up and fighting them.This sounds like a huge reversal in a very short time. What happened?
Posted by Richard of Oregon 2009-05-23 01:43||   2009-05-23 01:43|| Front Page Top

#2 The Pakistani state wanted to frighten the West that it was about to fall to the Taliban, so that America would continue to give them billions of dollars.

For the last year the Pak military has intentionally stationed most of it's 700,000 strong Army on the border with India, allowing the 20,000 or so Pak Talibs to take over swarths of the North West virtually uncontested.

Now that Western capitals have been sufficiently spooked into handing over more cash, the military is slapping down the Talibs, who will soon go back to infiltrating Afghanistan (while receiving covering fire from Pak Frontier Constabulary) and taking orders from the Taliban Shura in Quetta.
Posted by Gaz 2009-05-23 02:36||   2009-05-23 02:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Thanks, Gaz! But what about the Taliban who've been observed heading back to Pakistan in large numbers? I think we had an article about that yesterday.
Posted by trailing wife 2009-05-23 11:48||   2009-05-23 11:48|| Front Page Top

#4 The Pakistani state wanted to frighten the West that it was about to fall to the Taliban, so that America would continue to give them billions of dollars.

Wouldn't put it past them.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2009-05-23 14:03||   2009-05-23 14:03|| Front Page Top

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