(Click on Image to Enlarge)The Afghan-Pakistan militant nexus
US: Pakistan Has 'No Clear Path' On Fighting Militancy -- BBC
Pakistan still has no "clear path" to defeat militants on its soil, a new White House report has said.
The report also said the Afghan Taliban had begun targeting civilian targets in recent months and that "heavy fighting" was expected this spring.
Pakistan has come under increasing criticism from the West for its support of al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.
In January, a US strategic review of the war said Pakistan must do more to defeat the militants.
Pakistan has repeatedly rejected claims that it is dragging its feet in the fight against militancy. It says that it works hard with the US in the "war against terror".
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More News On US Concerns On Pakistan's War Against The Taliban
US: Pakistan making little progress on insurgents -- Yahoo News/AP
U.S. doubts Pakistan's plan to defeat Taliban: report -- Yahoo News/Reuters
New US report warns on Pakistan insurgency -- Yahoo News/AFP
White House: Pakistan is failing to defeat militants -- McClatchy News
White House Issues Quarterly Af-Pak Report and It Still Sounds Like a Mess -- ABC
US warns Pakistan is losing fight -- Sydney Morning Herald
US: Pakistan Lagging in Afghanistan War Effort -- Voice of America
White House: Pakistan Making Little Progress Against Insurgents -- Radio Free Europe
Obama highlights war zone worries -- Financial Times
US lawmakers reject upbeat government assessment of progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan -- Canadian Press/AP
Daily brief: White House issues stark report on Pakistan -- Foreign Policy
U.S. Dials Back Criticism of Pakistan -- Wall Street Journal
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My big problem with all this is that Obama is being truthful about the real (strategic) reasons for expanding the US war on terror into Pakistan - nor about the CIA training and funding of Baloch separatists in the tribal areas. In fact, many Pakistani analysts see Pakistan - not Afghanistan - as the real target.
The Pentagon/CIA make no secret of their desire to see energy and mineral rich Balochistan secede from Pakistan to become a US client state - just like the energy and mineral rich former Soviet republics Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Moreover it's virtually impossible to distinguish terrorist acts by the CIA-backed Baloch Liberation Army from those committed by the Taliban or Al Qaeda -especially around the Chinese-built Gwadar Port in Gwadar, Balochistan (the energy transit route for Iranian oil and natural gas destined for China). Given that both China and Iran are both major political/economic rivals, it's a pity the US media doesn't report on any of this.
I blog about this at "Our CIA freedom fighters in Pakistan"
http://stuartbramhall.aegauthorblogs.com/2011/03/07/our-cia-freedom-fighters-in-pakistan/
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