Tony Karon’s article, “Will Pakistan Toughen Up on the Taliban?” expresses how many people are skeptical that Pakistan will cooperate with America to fight the Taliban, even though Taliban threatens to destroy Pakistan as a state. Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agency continues to provide active support to Taliban forces fighting in Afghanistan. “The strategic logic of Pakistan’s support for the Taliban is grounded in seeing Afghanistan as inextricably linked to Pakistan’s existential conflict with India.” He further states that as long as Pakistan remains locked in strategic competition with India, it will seek influence in Afghanistan. Pakistan is not likely to change its view toward the Taliban anytime soon despite the less forgiving posture of the Obama Administration and the six decades of conflict with India. Questions:
Clarification: Why is Pakistan in a continuous conflict with India?
Application: Does Pakistan have a particular strategy in which they want to go against the Taliban or are they really truly supporting Taliban?
Link: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1889179,00.html
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