06 Sep 2006

Musharraf Seeks Taliban's Help Against Balochs
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, on the above subject is now available at the web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below] - br."
Extract: "Musharraf [...] is trying to revert to the old policy of creating a divide between the Balochs and the Pashtuns. He is hoping that in return for his cessation of the military operations in North Waziristan, the Taliban elements in Balochistan would help him against the Baloch freedom-fighters. The Miranshah agreement [of September 5, 2006 - ed.] should be a cause for concern not only to the Balochs, but also to the NATO forces in Afghanistan. It is likely to lead to an intensification of the Taliban attacks in Afghan territory from Balochistan. - b.raman."
[The author of the paper, Mr B. Raman, is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India. - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers20/paper1938.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org - ed.]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde--at--vsnl.com)
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