Crunch time in Pakistan
By Praful Bidwai
August 12, 2008
The military is under enormous pressure from the US to escalate its operations against the Taliban in the badlands along the border with Afghanistan, or to allow the US-led International Security Assistance Force to undertake anti-militant raids across the border. Its Frontier Corps is unwilling and incapable of fighting pro-Taliban elements The army's authority stands greatly eroded and its popular acceptance, which has taken a beating over the past year, is plumbing new lows.
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