FATA Reforms Buried Beneath Other Economic, Social and Political Crises
11 August 2010
, Foreign Policy Magazine // AfPak Channel, 10 August 2010
EXCERPT: "[...] However, true political reform in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) is still a pipedream, despite the fact that the military is deeply engaged in the region and civilian interventions are necessary to stabilize the violence plagued areas, but lacking. The current reaction to Pakistan's flooding crisis further...
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Terrorists Pose Greater Long Term Threat than India: US Expert
11 August 2010
"Extremist Groups Threaten Pakistan More than India", Deccan Chronicle, 11 August 2010
EXCERPT: "The US is persuading Islamabad that it faces a greater threat from terrorist groups, which it had earlier nurtured, than from India, a well-known US expert on South Asia has said. [... Stephen Biddle, senior fellow for defence policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, says] '...the Pakistanis have tended to believe ever...
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Kashmiris Demand Self Determination, not Autonomy
11 August 2010
, AFP, 11 August 2010
EXCERPT: "Separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir Wednesday dismissed overtures from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for greater political autonomy in the region following months of anti-India unrest. Appealing to Kashmiri Muslims to 'give peace a chance,' Singh had said Tuesday that his government would consider any consensus proposal for autonomy as long...
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Flood-induced Poverty Could Fuel Militancy
11 August 2010
, The Associated Press, 11 August 2010
EXCERPT: "The floods ravaging Pakistan are generating fears that Taliban insurgents could regroup amid the chaos and destruction. The country's already anemic economy is expected to weaken, increasing the poverty that is a factor in the militancy wracking the country. One of the hardest hit regions is the northwest, the heartland of the...
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