Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Pakistan's enemies within

Remember that Lahore in the Punjab is a long way from the violent Afghan border region, almost at the Indian border (and subject to a major terrorist attack at the start of this month); anti-Indian Punjabi Islamists may have been involved:
Rampage in Pakistan Shows Reach of Militants

Insurgent Threat Shifts in Pakistan
Assault on Police Academy Indicates Risk Has Moved Beyond Tribal Areas [nice map]
Whilst this will not make the Pakistanis happy:
India welcomes new US strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Curious that there's an Angus Reid poll link at the Indian webpage above--"Canada in Afghanistan. In Or Out?" I voted "Yes", 37% at the moment.

Update: Looks like it wasn't Lashkar-e-Taiba (lots of info in story, worth reading):
Pakistani Taliban says it carried out deadly assault on Lahore academy

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