Search results

This proves my point. When the army commits itself, it can defeat the militants or at least drive them out. How, then, did we reach a point where 80% of Swat is under Taliban control? When the Taliban publicly announces that they will be going around burning down girls' schools... why were they...

This isn't the first incident so I don't think it's premature. Anyway, have you thought about what impact it would have to take 20% of the army and redeploy? Wouldn't the threat of nuclear weapons hold India at bay even with that level of reduction? Even if it didn't, how long would it take...

There's an update to this story. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7868875.stm (sorry, the forum is not letting me post links until I have 15 posts) According to the BBC, the captured troops and police were released after they vowed to resign and stop fighting. The article also sheds more light...

Wow... what a weird response to this article. Where is the outrage? Why are people acting like this was a little mistake or a joke, obsessing about some dude's name, or ruminating on the "true" origins of the Taliban? Pakistan just lost 30 people due to either gross incompetence or deliberate...