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Enough with the coup-mongering [English]
Retired generals, diplomats, defence analysts, TV anchors and other usual suspects have since ripped into the government like sharks, citing the decision and its quick reversal as evidence of the government’s incompetence, ineffectiveness, chicanery and, above all, its desire to appease the Americans angry over the ISI’s alleged support to the Taliban. In the words of one analyst, the episode was akin to “buffoonery with sinister intent”.
Dealing with militants
STATES are supposed to wield legitimate monopoly over the means of coercion in the territory under their control. That’s what makes them states. In Pakistan, however, Taliban militants have
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