Länk - Pakistans islamiststrategi slår tillbaka nu
For much of Pakistan's history, the ISI, the army's main spying outfit, has mobilised Islamists to fight its wars, in Afghanistan, Kashmir and elsewhere. This was consistent with a broader policy, pursued by successive—especially military—governments, of pandering to Islamists. Because it had made common cause with the fanatics, the army thought it could control them. If this were ever true, it is not now.
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