After Being Designated As A Terrorist Organization, Will Pakistan Now 'Alter' Their Alliance With The Haqqani Network?

Jalaluddin Haqqani (R), the Taliban's minister for tribal affairs, points to a map of Afghanistan while his son Naziruddin looks on in Islamabad in October, 2001. The Haqqani insurgent group is named after its patriarch and founder Jalaluddin Haqqani, who was a legendary anti-Soviet mujahideen commander in the 1980s. Back then he was admired by the Americans. Reuters

Will US Terrorist Label For Haqqani Network Push Pakistan Into A Corner? -- Mahvish Ahmad, Christian Science Monitor

Secretary of State Clinton officially designated the militant Haqqani network as a terrorist organization, raising concern among analysts that this could hurt US-Pakistani relations.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton signed documents on Friday declaring the Haqqani network a foreign terrorist organization – a potential blow to US-Pakistan relations according to Pakistani analysts.

The Haqqani network has long been a source of contention between the two countries. The US sees the group as a threat to NATO forces across the border, and a threat to Afghanistan's long-term stability as the US plans to withdraw next year. The network has been blamed for high-profile attacks, including one on the US Embassy in Kabul and the 2008 kidnapping of New York Times reporter David Rohde.

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My Comment: I doubt that Pakistan is listening (or cares) .... unfortunately .... the person who is going to be impacted by this terror designation will be this one.