Taliban v. Taliban

... what does it mean to be ‘anti-Pakistan’? The short answer is pro-India, in practice if not intent. Insurgents in the tribal areas are deemed anti-Pakistani if their actions advance the perceived goals of India in Afghanistan. They are pro-Pakistani as long as they don’t attack the Pakistani state or army, even if they launch attacks against Nato forces in Afghanistan, Islamabad’s supposed allies in the ‘war on terror’. Indeed, the Afghan ... Full Story »

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Marshall Smith
4.8
by Marshall Smith - Apr. 12, 2009

Because it takes into account the real dynamic behind the headlines, and the ongoing problem of Kashmir. I think he hit the nail on the head when he said that the road to peace leads to Kashmir.

As Shashi Tharoor says, Pakistan was founded on a 'fraudulent hypothesis, that Hindus and Moslems cannot live together'. There are more Moslems living in India,with Hindus, peacefully, than there are in Pakistan.

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