Soldiers take part in the military operation against Islamist militants in the Bajaur tribal district, Pakistan, September 2008. Pakistan troops killed nine Taliban militants in separate clashes in a troubled tribal region bordering Afghanistan, security officials said. (AFP/Pool/File/Aamir Qureshi)Hopeful Signs From Pakistan -- National Post
The outcome of the war in Afghanistan will be determined as much in the madrassas, safe houses and training camps of Pakistan's north-western provinces as on the roadsides and battlegrounds of Afghanistan itself. The Taliban were an early-1990s creation of fundamentalist elements within the Pakistani secret service-- the ISI -- and they continue to be a force inside Afghanistan today only because they are constantly funded, resupplied and sent new recruits through Pakistan.
So it was encouraging to learn this week that the new Pakistani government has undertaken two new campaigns to eliminate Taliban activity on its soil. Pakistani military commanders have begun enlisting the help of local tribal militias, or lashkars, to battle pockets of Taliban within Pakistan's largely lawless territories. And the Pakistani military has accepted nearly three dozen U. S. special forces trainers to help improve the effectiveness of their own counterterrorist forces.
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My Comment: As mentioned in the previous post, Pakistan's main problem is not fighting the Taliban and defeating them .... their number one problem is to have the money to pay their soldiers and equipment to defeat the Taliban.