62672020, Pakistan and the "War on Teor | Middle East Policy Counc (Donate (htps:ewa noheorgood org enaton MakeDonatonatpx7ORGIO2=52 12302058sourca- GSGerpgn ONTEEStICod anCivaxeJT Sp JAtypxD 425M BgPaU wb 1O25KPecTYSeB\CKZBTPIAZe%256) NowslotorYabou-couniIngwslote) ‘Subscibe tothe doumalhtpordengeninerary wie amas gp2te105%-19248ste=1) Follow Us: W ovosinwwnswterconmacestotey) ED ineositwanyout2e comivseriiséastPoley) F crcosinmnscovox comipaeamicsle Cas Paky-Counl9"219995790) Pakistan and the "War on Terror" War on Terror in Perspective ar (ht:tmw maps oracles commentaryinarseorporspctve"» War on Toren Mar N Kate Senice Fallow Pakistan's relations tothe "Wer an Terr has be from snrty afta 1 yp ono present. the rst atacts launched irom Agranstano 1 hghiy avant. On the ane hand, Paista played ska olen factatng the U.S intervention in Afghanistan Permit the ans ot mater across Pakistan tartar o U.S. rcs in Afghanistan. Paklan Ras also tolates American Inst Taliban anda Oaeda targets h Pakistan's ess Cordor region we tat county. ‘onthe atnernand,Patistan hae provided ats hava tue for eal llamit movements ageing ts veld but lo forte Aghan Taber A-Oaecs leeders Osama bin Laden and Ayman AtZewahi, aang ches, ee alse Seleved 0 bohidng in Pakstan. What, o wnat extort and oy whom wth fhe Pakstal goverment Py ar boing prteces is urter but Pakistan crainy has no heed the Una Sats to focal ad capt then, Thare have also boon press repers thal Pakistan has locked the forts of some Talon acer to eek peace wih the U.S-backed Kara: governments Kaul U.S Pakistan alatons have become creasingly sane over howto prosecute the We on Tarr ye cooperaton bate tem ala conten, ‘Te explanation fortis ambivalence tat wie the United Sites and Pakistan have some common goals, ther protester masked, Tha U.S, was concerned pany the Sovit threat uring Cold War, and has boon fcusoe on the Boal or ab aoda and its Tan alles ence 811. Pakstn, by contest has boon rary ‘oncered wih a sugal wih ns evr since tre ho becarnindependnt from Brisinn 1947, The fal of Kashi the Msln-ajoty region tht was ded between Intence i Alghansian Aaorones ohm. nthe ey 1970s, te conf between what wee the the wo palo! Be courity — Wes! and Eas! Paklan — was esentaly over which ‘nouldpredorinal, indian intervention in tht war slowed East Pakistan io secade and bacome Bangladesh, Since ten the Pakalan miay and ecu series Nave Inereasngly emphasized Palette deity to keep fs reraing parse etc groups topeter. But on group has Deen predominant inthe Pakistan mary at ‘secury sence, and hence nthe government evr since Independance: he Pus. Kast provides aralig point fr al Pakistan, who belle that the Muslns there shuld also beable to Ive in overaingly Mm Pekan Kash, howeve, nas eo posed a problem for ha Pakistan government and milla Pakalan as ner been abl to aie item nda nor to persuade India ov up. BU. whe has no ‘eal hope of eequting Ian-nle Kashmir, no Pakelan goverment can afford a ackrowlege this or rlnguien Pakistan's lam. Dong eo woul nat ony be huge, Unpopslar nice Pekar mht lo encourage oar ents Pushtune, nds and Baloch) to pus or eacession rom the Punabdominated sate ‘Dung the pred of or Cot War alan, he eiferng American and Pakistan protis were evident: the Untod States sought Pasian as analy agains the USSR, we Pakistan s5vqtthe Unted States ax an ally apanet Ind, The height o Pakistan-American cooperation ccared dueng the Sov cceveaton of ighanetan when te Unies State, Pakistan and many ners backos the Afghan mujaiseen, whe were rsising the Sovets. Even then, however Paksanfvores the amt Aighan ‘janie groupe over the more atonal ones, larsaadsoemest think ht kode have more vue ver the former, ‘Aker tn Soviet withraval tom Aghanisan in 1988-82 Ararcan cance about that cour and Sout ian generaliminahed, Pakistan, however, remsined focused on 'evaky wn Inia, Ong the 190s, he, Pakistan suppoces te neo ha Taba, for saver aeons’ orestre order n what hag became a ese cot, 0 promote fan art ally tat wuld sympatze wth Pasan over Kashi an eit Idan influonc, to esinblh a acre road retwak across lghansan i Ink Passi wh realy independent Cerra! Axa (hls beefing ts palaly power Pakistani tucking ind), and oven to exten Patan inuence across Aighanistn ilo Cental ‘aia, The Pakistan miliary and securty services elo beved fat having an aly in Mghanisan woul ge Pain “ealege dept in any Kue contortion wid nd (tough precanly what toa mrt end how woul work wee S-deined and pool tought ou, se-haven io several radial amal groups, nding a Qaeda, Mara. Queda launched te 1 atacks and became lear hal te United Stales wuld intervene ‘itary in Afghanistan in etalon, the Bush administration force Pastan to choose between ing wih the Unt sts or wh te alban, Patan tral hose to ‘dei the Unted State, nt duet a ganuine change of hear ragardng the Taber but dv to he fae that Washington would ade wih India agent Pasian FR no, {and nthe hope tat sng wr or appecing to sie Wen) ba Und States agans he Talban wou svangien Pasta vids Inia. Artopatng tate Und States ‘ould not romain in Afghanisin, ar hat te Tl 2d peraps even a-aeea igh rove ust o Pakstan vis-a-vis Inia er, Pakistan taarated and even supported thar presence ons terry in he region borderng Alghanstan htps:imepe oricommentaryipakistan-and-war-irrorTocidsiwAR2MQIKMSCxDsUVvbAvaGFUISSODUBBOTAVXXOVZFicoawgeXIPSKmUkt 19912612020 Pakistan and the "War on Teor | Middle East Policy Counc ‘would have been diel or Paisano do otherwise. Paitan hss ong suppeted adel lami gauss that re party eancered wih Kash a Ina, How ould it draw a datcton between thas “good” Muslim radio, onthe one and, and-bed Taliban ones, onthe other —eepecialy whan Pekan publ apn viws bath favoraly? Gut at the sam bine, te Patan government nas nt wane oalenate tha Und Sats ether (at ast ot oo men, So Pakistan pay snc i hasbeen ‘8 conkisng mitre of eusporing,satedng and tolerating he Tabanan a-Gaeda to some ester, bt alee suppering U.S actions aga them atte same a Nt suprisagy he U.S. goverment has grown nreasingl tustated wih Pakistan is support forthe Telban has usa American mary tos in Alghantan. But mary Poistn slams, espocay te Pusu, corgamm Be Pakstan govemmant or cooperating wth te United States atl. A Pakistan Talban has ase, many ‘mong Pakistan's Pushin population, which ha fought against Pakistani goveman free, Pakistan's too-cleverby-ha yo upporig the Unted Stas agant he Telban and supporting the Talben ogame th United Sates has not ny tated Amercan ‘fers in Aghanstar: has contbuted tote re ofa radical samt vest se Pakistan ise. this port, a Pasta’ government decsion fo um agains ass rascal Ilarist forces — or just orate suppor for hem — might resvkn acaerating he tral hat they poset the Pakstan goverment Despite thi, the Pakstaniladersip has, characteritaly, evalned focused on ary wth ia ith the Unted States and NATO having announced ha they wit \weharaw rom Afghanistan bewean mc2011 and the end of 2014, Pakistan sears mote wored than evar ha he Kara goverment wl aly tel wt nto the Aotient of Pakistan, And so, Pakistan has contrued to support he hardline Afghan Taba The ony, ofcourse is that Fhe Talbanrotume to power Afghan wit Pakistan's hop, th Taliban shar eal foe more amenable lo Pakistan infuence afi hs les ned of l— just as oes during he “990. Indes, fhe Agha Talban dace oa PushunSretveran across the borden Pain, the Pakstan govern may fi al faces wit eum vry serous amit nsurgency — song wh an unsympathete nlematona ommuniy ae reul fhe pales Pasion pursing a reson Mark N. Katz isa Visiting Senior Fellow at the Middle East Policy Council and a Professor of Goverment at George Mason University. 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