Nawaz Sharif was the Prime Minister in 1999 when he attempted to prevent the plane carrying the Army Chief, General Musharraf, from landing in Pakistan. Getting wind of this, the army carried out a coup, removed Nawaz Sharif and installed General Musharraf in power. At that time, many sections of the country welcomed this move, [...]
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Ever since the war in Afghanistan showed that the strategy of inculcating fighters with religious fervor produced fighters who were extremely dedicated, passionate and ruthless, Pakistan has been employing that strategy to fight on both flanks. It has always looked to Afghanistan to provide a region where it has a strong influence and had used [...] In a move that has further shown the problems in terms of dealing with Pakistan as a state that can do the most against terrorists, and at the same time, being the state that is also the cause of many of the major terrorists scare, the Pakistani Government has released an Al-Qaeda computer expert after [...] In October 2001, when the US, a potent military force routed the Taleban in a straight military battle along with the Northern Alliance, and the heat was turned on Pakistan to withdraw support to the Taliban, the whole world could not have been wrong in predicting the end of the Taliban and maybe some peace [...] |
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