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From: LindyBill12/28/2006 7:04:43 AM
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Dealing With the Wankers
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December 28, 2006: Pakistan is telling Afghan politicians that the Taliban is an internal Afghan problem. The Afghans, however, claim that the Pakistani refusal to exercise control over the Pushtun tribal areas along the Afghan border has provided the Taliban with a safe haven. Pakistan insists that it has a deal with the tribal chiefs along the border, to ban Taliban bases. But, in fact, the Pakistani "deal" mainly had to do with foreign terrorists (al Qaeda).

Taliban operate openly on the Pakistani side of the border. The Pakistanis control the large towns in the tribal areas, and will sometimes arrest Afghan Taliban. But Pakistani Taliban are left alone. The Taliban is a major law and order problem in southern Afghanistan, where about a quarter of the population lives. The Taliban is seen a a minor problem in the Pakistani tribal areas (where a few percent of the national population lives), a minor problem that can be ignored most of the time. It's all a matter of proportion, and in this case Afghanistan is on the losing end.
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