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[Bud-Sorrels]

According to the media one of the largest and safest havens for the Taliban is Quetta, Pakistan.

Pakistan is supposed to be one of our strongest allies in the war against terrorism, yet they do nothing to stop the Taliban from using a Pakistani city as a haven. With friends like that who needs enemies.
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Bud Sorrels

[hallstrom]

From the Khaleej Times

The Taleban warn of bloodier battles ahead and the world listens to them attentively, if fearfully. NATO forces look for larger number of troops to battle them. Others including the British believe some political arrangements are also required. Musharraf has been the most vocal in warning of the Taleban increasingly gaining popular support. He knows the growing appeal as it attracts an increasing number of towns in Pakistan’s NWFP province’s settled areas. In the tribal areas where the Taleban support has not evaporated, Pakistan tries various approaches to neutralise them, to win them over or to even contain them. Meanwhile, as a man under tremendous pressure, Karzai falters. He does what is now almost second nature to him; repeated outbursts against Pakistan — against its support for the Taleban and for destabilising Afghanistan. Karzai’s complaints combine with US and NATO criticism have forced Pakistan to demand that Afghanistan take back its still over three million refuges. Pakistan is finding it difficult to manage this extremely large refugee population that moves in thousands across the Pakistan-Afghan border on a daily basis. Islamabad has asked the UN to make arrangements for their repatriation. In Kabul, the Pakistan Prime Minister categorically stated that Kabul and Islamabad have agreed to work on resettling three million Afghan refugees back in Afghanistan and removing the sanctuary that refugee camps provide to insurgents. He explained that, "Refugee camps on our side of the border sometimes are safe havens for elements who are from Afghanistan and take safe haven there after conducting activities."
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David G. Hallstrom, Sr.
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This blog was initiated in 2006 and the subject matter is still current! How have we let this situation go on this long? We need to do more than send troops.