What does radicalization of the Pakistan Armed Forces mean? From the 80s onwards, first the US built up & supported the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, the mother of all the terrorist groups today. In the 90s, it left the region without taking care of the situation, becoming oblivious to the groups inside Afghanistan. And only after 2001, for the first time in history, the US radically changed its position, flipped the switch, & made Al-Qaeda & the Taliban their enemy, many of their members the people they supported against the Soviets. Pakistan has developed links with these groups over years due to the US policy in the first place. The people who they once regarded as heroes, became terrorists. While it is easy for the US to 'flip the switch' & start over, Pakistan (unlike the US) still lives in the neighborhood & has to deal the consequences of the actions in the region. And when the US duplicity in dealing with the Taliban is discovered; with actions such as brokering peace deals, power transferring mechanisms to the Taliban (after fighting them for so many years), & asking the UN to take off the names of senior Taliban leaders from the UN sanctions list; there will of course be some members inside the Pakistan Armed Forces that might be sympathetic towards these groups. However, the issue is being dealt with, & the Forces is being 'cleaned through'. Although this 'cleansing' process will never end till the duplicity of the US in Afghanistan doesn't end. It is also important to note that Pakistan still has to maintain some ties with these groups in order to maintain its internal security, not necessarily supporting them but having some stake in the region, just like the US is doing right now. It would be irrational for Pakistan to do otherwise. There is a very fine line between these two positions.