(Wall Street Journal) - Ahmed Rashid As Pakistani leader Gen. Musharraf and his Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) continue to give the U.S.-led antiterrorism alliance the closest support in catching elements of al Qaeda in Pakistan, there is far less cooperation in apprehending the Taliban, whom Afghan and U.S. military officials say are regrouping for a possible spring offensive against their forces in Afghanistan. Afghan President Karzai and his government are convinced that the ISI is aiding and abetting Taliban, even as the ISI clamps down on al Qaeda.
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