Pakistan - The Threat From Within

Pakistan - The Threat From Within By Pervez Hoodbhoy
Pakistan Security Research Unit Brief # 13; May 23, 2007

The rising influence of the Taliban and Islamists in Pakistan is a growing concern for the international community. This paper, from a well known and widely respected Pakistani academic, offers a first hand account of the way in which that influence is now increasingly being felt in Islamabad itself. The paper explores the way in which the military government has aided the rise of the Islamists and argues that the latter may now be out of control. It concludes that the next 12 months will most likely see a continuation of the civil-military alliance that has dominated Pakistani politics for decades, and that the interests of this alliance will determine how far Pakistan can go towards meeting the radical threat.

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