http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/09/tolerating-the-taliban/ The World Affairs Blog Network Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:23:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/09/tolerating-the-taliban/comment-page-1/#comment-3289 Domestic Agenda: Battling Terrorism » Pakistan Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:53:22 +0000 http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/?p=1287#comment-3289 [...] us or against us” situation. The Obama administration understands this as it applies General McChrystal’s recommendations to differentiate Taliban from Al Qaeda as targets in the War on Terror. Such practicality takes into considerations long term realities [...] [...] us or against us” situation. The Obama administration understands this as it applies General McChrystal’s recommendations to differentiate Taliban from Al Qaeda as targets in the War on Terror. Such practicality takes into considerations long term realities [...]

]]> http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/2009/10/09/tolerating-the-taliban/comment-page-1/#comment-3285 Enhanced Cooperation Meets Enhanced Concern » Pakistan Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:16:45 +0000 http://pakistan.foreignpolicyblogs.com/?p=1287#comment-3285 [...] This is contentious for Pakistanis. Firstly, there’s ambiguous wording. “Cooperation on nonproliferation” is vague enough to translate as potentially linking funds to Pakistan giving up their right to maintain armaments comparable to neighboring India. Similarly, “significant efforts toward combating terrorism” gives no reference for how this will be measured. On the Pakistan side, the worry is that  ”significant efforts”, according to their definition might not match a U.S. definition of success. Plus there might continue to be a disagreement on the idea of “combating terrorism”. It’s a contention we’ve seen play out as D.C. repeatedly called for heightened efforts on combating the Taliban, quitely but surely opposing Pakistan’s attempts at negotiating with those groups rather than employing just a military offensive, (a policy we’ve now reverting). [...] [...] This is contentious for Pakistanis. Firstly, there’s ambiguous wording. “Cooperation on nonproliferation” is vague enough to translate as potentially linking funds to Pakistan giving up their right to maintain armaments comparable to neighboring India. Similarly, “significant efforts toward combating terrorism” gives no reference for how this will be measured. On the Pakistan side, the worry is that  ”significant efforts”, according to their definition might not match a U.S. definition of success. Plus there might continue to be a disagreement on the idea of “combating terrorism”. It’s a contention we’ve seen play out as D.C. repeatedly called for heightened efforts on combating the Taliban, quitely but surely opposing Pakistan’s attempts at negotiating with those groups rather than employing just a military offensive, (a policy we’ve now reverting). [...]

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