Pakistani Taliban supporters pray for those killed in an alleged US missile strike. (Tariq Mahmood/AFP/Getty Images)
Plan To Divide Taliban, al-Qaeda Likely To Fail
-- Asia News
-- Asia News
With senior US military and civilian officials engaged in hectic consultations with Pakistani authorities on new American plan to alienate Taliban from al-Qaeda, Pakistan’s security circles fear that this strategy could fail and resultantly further destabilise the country.
General David Petraeus, new chief of United States Central Command (CENTCOM), who concluded his two-day visit to Pakistan on Tuesday (November 4), discussed in detail with Pakistani leaders, the US plan of turning the tribesmen living on both the sides of Afghan border against the al-Qaeda and also to reach out to ‘moderate’ militants in the ranks of Taliban.
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My Comment: They are both from the same tree. The only difference is that Al Qaeda looks at the world stage, while the Taliban is focused on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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