Thursday, August 9, 2012

Are Pakistan And The U.S.’s Spy Agencies Starting To Get Along?

The CIA And ISI: Are Pakistan And The U.S.’s Spy Agencies Starting To Get Along? -- Time

Though the domestic environment in either country is hardly suitable for rapprochement, there are signs of a thaw between the U.S. and Pakistan, particularly in the dealings of their influential spy agencies

After months of relations languishing at an all-time low, Pakistan and the U.S. may now be opening up a fresh phase of engagement. Following U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s recent apology for the loss of 24 Pakistani soldiers at a border checkpoint last November, NATO supplies are rumbling through again. Washington has also released funds for Pakistani military operations it had previously withheld. And, perhaps most crucially, the two fractious allies’ top spies are talking again, with a view to enhancing their cooperation as the 2014 deadline for a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan looms.

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My Comment: When it comes to Pakistan .... nothing can be set in stone.

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