Jul

26

Condi for more action from Pakistan

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The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has once again demanded of Pakistan to do more to help curb the “flow of militants” across its border into Afghanistan. She was backed by the Australian Foreign Minister who described the porous north-west frontier between Pakistan and Afghanistan as the current international hotbed of terrorism and hence it could not be regarded as a bilateral border issue between the two countries.

I fail to understand what they mean by “do more”. We are always hearing about this that Pakistan needed to do more to curb terrorism. Do they not realize that Pakistan has limited resources and does not have the resources to check infiltration across the highly porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan? Even if Pakistan is not doing more to check the flow of militants, what is the US led NATO forces doing on the other side of the border? Why can’t they check the militants on their side of the border?
I think that a situation is being deliberately created to find an excuse for taking action inside Pakistani territory. The US and allied forces want to find some excuse to enter into Pakistani territory and unfortunately the tribesmen are giving credence to the fact that militants are regrouping their by fighting against Pakistani forces.

The tribesmen do not realize that they would not be able to match the superior firepower power of the NATO forces in case they cross the border. They are bound to suffer heavy losses if they continue to behave irresponsibly.

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