Thursday, April 01 2010 @ 07:02 AM PDT
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By Dr. Sohail Mahmood
The Obama Administration is re-thinking its Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy these days.
Firstly, the Obama Administration must consider the sentiments of the people in the region and ask why it is so unpopular with the masses. This unpopularity stems from the fact that the US is unwelcome now after eight years of trying to end the al Qaida strongholds. Clearly, the US was tolerating poor governance, corruption, even criminal behavior among its regional allies like Karzai and Musharraf. This has been going on for some time. The people have not benefited much from the assistance flowing into the two governments. Afghanistan is a mess. The recent elections were a disappointment.
Thursday, April 01 2010 @ 12:53 AM PDT
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By: Rizwan Zeb
Former American secretary of state, Madeleine Albright is not the only one who has described the nuclear weapons of Pakistan insecure and a threat. Few weeks back she reportedly described Pakistan as an “international migraine”. According to various news reports, she said: “My own sense is Pakistan has everything that gives you an international migraine. It has nuclear weapons, it has terrorism, extremists, corruption, very poor and it’s in a location that’s really, really important to us. … I think that the current president and the current secretary of state… have a very big job ahead of them.”
