Challenges of War on Terror
Monday, July 6, 2009
Dawn, Pakistan, Monday, 06 Jul, 2009
THERE are four major actors on the political stage of Pakistan as far as the war against terror is concerned: Washington, the Pakistan Army, the Taliban and proto-Taliban groups, and the civilian ruling set-up including the PPP-led government in Islamabad and the ANP-led government in Peshawar.
Washington is the ultimate guardian of the status quo in terms of the nation-state system and the global economic structure. After 9/11, Washington adopted a two-pronged strategy. In Afghanistan — a state without a credible institutional apparatus at the national level to guarantee its own writ beyond Kabul — the US relied on Nato forces. In Pakistan, which has a meaningful strategic and diplomatic presence in the region and a viable state structure, the US has operated indirectly via the national security apparatus.
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THERE are four major actors on the political stage of Pakistan as far as the war against terror is concerned: Washington, the Pakistan Army, the Taliban and proto-Taliban groups, and the civilian ruling set-up including the PPP-led government in Islamabad and the ANP-led government in Peshawar.
Washington is the ultimate guardian of the status quo in terms of the nation-state system and the global economic structure. After 9/11, Washington adopted a two-pronged strategy. In Afghanistan — a state without a credible institutional apparatus at the national level to guarantee its own writ beyond Kabul — the US relied on Nato forces. In Pakistan, which has a meaningful strategic and diplomatic presence in the region and a viable state structure, the US has operated indirectly via the national security apparatus.
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