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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/23/opinion/23tue2.html
From Pakistan, With Jihad
[New York Times] Editorial - To learn why a resurgent Taliban is fighting American and NATO troops to a military draw in Afghanistan, you have to go to the frontier region on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. Our colleague, Carlotta Gall, found that Quetta, Pakistan, is an important rear base for the Taliban, and that Pakistani authorities are encouraging and perhaps sponsoring the cross-border insurgency, a role that Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, denies. Positive results will be limited as long as Afghanistan's much more populous and powerful neighbor, Pakistan, provides rear support and sanctuary for the Taliban insurgency. Pakistan is now the third-largest recipient of American foreign aid. The very least Washington should be demanding of President Musharraf is that he enforce an immediate halt on Pakistani military support for the Taliban insurgents who are crossing the border and killing American troops.