Posted by Neal on February 25, 2009, at 2:11:11
In reply to Re: The Swat Valley )Neal, posted by Sigismund on February 24, 2009, at 16:19:25
The Economist was talking about the political situatin in Pakistan. The mountains of the NW Frontier area are rife with gun battles of rival factions. They noted that the majority of Pakistani's live in the urban areas of the Punjab.
It's not out of the question for Pakistan to lose control of the situation and anarchy to take over. The economy is going into the dumpster.
The army is playing games with the Americans; pretending to do something about the Taliban problem in Pakistan.
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