Abstract: The War on Terror has moved into Pakistan’s territory. America’s blind reliance on Pakistan has caused the resurgent, resilient Taliban to foil the War on Terror and the Taliban want to settle for a Pakistan-backed negotiation to end the war. After 9/11, America (United States) declared the War on Terror and removed the Taliban administration from Kabul. The defeated Taliban and AQ terrorists took refuge in Pakistan. America provided multibillion dollar aid to Pakistan to use its land and air space to rout the Taliban and to capture AQ leader bin Laden. As in 1979, Pakistan became an American ally (and also an adversary). The relationship with Pakistan was strong after the Baghdad pact in 1955 but it deteriorated after the 1965 war with India. It became stronger again after Pakistan pioneered the mujahideen attacks on Afghanistan to oust the Soviets in 1979 and joined the War on Terror in 2001, but again, weakened after America’s war in Iraq in 2003. Things deteriorated significantly in May 2011 after the American military raid that killed AQ leader bin Laden in the garrison town of Abbottabad, Pakistan. Pakistani officials had denied his presence in their country. Relations ruptured further when US forces killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in November of the same year.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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