Taliban Announce They Are Not Targeting Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal

Taliban Say They Won't Target Pakistan's Nuclear Arsenal -- Wall Street Journal

ISLAMABAD—The Taliban has no plans to attack Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, its spokesman declared, as the militants kept up their campaign to avenge Osama bin Laden's death, ramming a pickup truck laden with explosives into a police station and killing six people.

A larger assault earlier this week by the Pakistan Taliban on a naval base renewed fears that Pakistan's sizable nuclear arsenal could be vulnerable. The Taliban's spokesman, Ehsanullah Ehsan, dismissed those concerns Wednesday as America's "excuse" to pressure Pakistan's government into fighting the Taliban, who he portrayed as the country's true protectors.

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Update: Analysis: Is Pakistan attack a blueprint for nuclear base raid? -- Reuters

My Comment: Of course the Taliban are not targeting Pakistan's nuclear arsenal .... what they are targeting is the Pakistan state itself. But by targeting Pakistan with the aim of eventually taking over Pakistan .... well .... I am sure that also includes its nuclear weapons.