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1. For a moment lets forget about India blaming Pakistani SFs for Mumbai attack, give one small/iota/inch of proof linking an Indian hand to recent attacks in Pakistan just like India did for Mumbai attack about the involvement of Pakistanis and your govt. had to accept the same to the world...

The invisible war Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Every TV news-channel in the country has it as the lead story. Every newspaper has it as the headline. It is discussed ad-nauseum on TV, the radio and in countless blogs on the internet. Yet we know surprisingly little – in fact beyond official...

Swat action timing ‘no coincidence’ LAHORE: The coincidence of the Pakistan Army’s apparently full-blown assault on the Taliban in the Swat Valley with President Asif Zardari’s visit to Washington is no accident, Time magazine says. The US has been pressing Pakistan to take on the Taliban...

A test Pakistan has failed before * US newspaper says it is far from clear if army will do better in Swat this time than the last while caring for the displaced Daily Times Monitor LAHORE: As soldiers again square off against the Taliban in Swat, an influential US newspaper writes...

^^^The correct link for above BBC NEWS | South Asia | Cynicism among Pakistani refugees

People at ground level seem to think Taliban and PA are two sides of same coin. If one looks at this report, it seems PA has started shelling even before civilians vacated the place.

Pakistan and the Taliban:A real offensive, or a phoney war? WHEN Barack Obama unveiled his new policy on Pakistan and Afghanistan in March, he gave a warning that al-Qaeda, the Taliban and other jihadist gangs were “killing Pakistan from within”. The generals who guard Pakistan’s national...

But, he is Pakistan's Ambassador to US, which all the more makes his allegations credible. Even if you don't want to take them at face value, truth is some where in between. Even Ahmed Rashid, in Washington Post article (May5), makes allegations on the same lines. Here, I quote the relevant...

Nope, just fill up the blanks on what Haqqani said about the PA modus operandi. I fill up the blanks for you Militant groups - Taliban Maintain Power - It still acts as main power (behind the curtains) Delegitimize civilian govt. - Not happened right now (has happened many times...

Oh please, I'm aware of how the situation in SWAT has unravelled. Under the continuous barrage of attacks by Taliban in Swat, due to ill-equipped police and para-military which were unable to battle Taliban attacks and with no help coming from PA, led to the situation where the pro-secular ANP...

Even if one considers that Fareed Zakaria's statement that PA has lost all conventional wars is incorrect, it will be right to say that PA has not won any of the wars. If PA claims that denying victory to enemy in a conventional war is itself a victory, then its another story all together...

If at all there is any ill will between India and BD, it is because of anti-india attitude of BNP party and the Razakars.

May be lack of will or fear of massive exodus of pakhtoon brethren from the PA, who consider Taliban as one of their own.

Though I may have to agree with your contention, we need to wait and see for reports that will pour out in a week or so to gauge the efficacy of PA offense against Taliban.

The IJT looks good. Hope we can train many more future pilots for IAF.

There is no doubt that PA lacked the resolve to fight Taliban for unknown reasons. If it had the resolve there would have never been a Swat peace deal. Only upon pressure from US, that the PA is now acting against the Taliban but not on its own will.

Look, who is making allegations against the PA, none other than Pakistan's US ambassador, Hussain Haqqani.

Change We Can’t Believe In Pakistan's military has lost every conventional war. It's far better at guerrilla wars. Fareed Zakaria NEWSWEEK From the magazine issue dated May 18, 2009 Finally, we are told, the Pakistani military has gotten serious about the threat that militants pose to...

Suit yourself. This dead horse has been flogged innumerable times on this forum. Lets move on. :smokin:

We did and broke it into two pieces. 1971 any one?.:cool: The finest army on the earth, for some reason, is unable to hold on to its land (NWFP, FATA, SWAT, Buner in that order) which is what it was constituted for.:coffee: