From Rediff News:
If ever there was any doubt about Pakistan having realised the folly of using medieval and barbaric Islamists for fulfilment of strategic designs, these doubts now need to be put to rest. For the Pakistan army, the real enemy is India; the Taliban remain a strategic asset.
The interview of the Pakistan military spokesman, Maj Gen Athar Abbas to CNN a couple of weeks back, was the first open acknowledgement of this immutable reality. The subsequent denial by his office of the deep links and continuing contacts between the Pakistan army and the Taliban leadership turned out to be hollow, especially after senior ISI officials briefed New York Times reporters that they 'consider India their top priority and the Taliban militants a problem that can be negotiated'.
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Update: Terror Ties Run Deep in Pakistan, Mumbai Case Shows -- New York Times
My Comment: This article from Rediff "so nails" what is wrong with Pakistan today. I could not have written it any better. The New York Times article is a must read also.
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