India press lashes Pak-US terror strategy
NEW DELHI, September 11, 2006: Indian newspapers on Monday marked the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States by questioning Pakistan's continued role as a US ally.
In a front page story, the Indian Express newspaper said a resurgence this year of Taliban and Al Qaeda attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan threatened regional stability.
"India, which felt vindicated as US-led coalition forces blasted past every Taliban bastion then (in 2001), is deeply concerned today," the newspaper said.
"The Taliban are on the revival path and again the warnings are being overlooked," it said, also underlining a recent agreement between the Islamabad and tribes in Waziristan.
"This, sources say, is turning into a recipe for disaster," the paper claimed.
Last week, Pakistan struck a deal with tribal leaders in the North West Frontier Province to call off troops in the region who had been battling Taliban and Al Qaeda forces using the region as a sanctuary.
The Times of India, in an article entitled "Five years of pursuit: Is US at Pak mercy for Osama?" said the failure to capture the Al Qaeda leader may call for a rethink of Pakistan's role.
"More than once, the allies (US and Pakistan) in the war on terrorism have come up against militants in the badlands of Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. Each time, they seem to have backed down."
"Today, it seems the US and its 'untrustworthy' client state have got it all wrong," it claimed.
NEW DELHI, September 11, 2006: Indian newspapers on Monday marked the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States by questioning Pakistan's continued role as a US ally.
In a front page story, the Indian Express newspaper said a resurgence this year of Taliban and Al Qaeda attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan threatened regional stability.
"India, which felt vindicated as US-led coalition forces blasted past every Taliban bastion then (in 2001), is deeply concerned today," the newspaper said.
"The Taliban are on the revival path and again the warnings are being overlooked," it said, also underlining a recent agreement between the Islamabad and tribes in Waziristan.
"This, sources say, is turning into a recipe for disaster," the paper claimed.
Last week, Pakistan struck a deal with tribal leaders in the North West Frontier Province to call off troops in the region who had been battling Taliban and Al Qaeda forces using the region as a sanctuary.
The Times of India, in an article entitled "Five years of pursuit: Is US at Pak mercy for Osama?" said the failure to capture the Al Qaeda leader may call for a rethink of Pakistan's role.
"More than once, the allies (US and Pakistan) in the war on terrorism have come up against militants in the badlands of Pakistan's border with Afghanistan. Each time, they seem to have backed down."
"Today, it seems the US and its 'untrustworthy' client state have got it all wrong," it claimed.
