Redefining Success
There were a series of notable arrests this past weekend in Pakistan. On Sunday, media outlets reported that Shah Abdul Aziz, a former MP with the MMA, was detained in connection with the murder of Piotr Stanczak, a Polish engineer decapitated by Taliban militants in February. The AFP reported, “On July 16, Pakistani police arrested another man, Atta Ullah Khan, in connection with the killing and on Sunday arrested three other people suspected of links ... Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via NewsRack (Pakistan)
America's presence in Afghanistan and occasional drone bombardments in Pakistan portend a protracted presence ridding the remote regions of the Taliban, al qaeda, and radical terrorist groups. Hopefully the Pakistani Government will provide sufficient control over its larger cities while stretched thin in the counterinsurgency. Having the world's sixth largest population means it is by no means insignificant to American interests.