The Pakistanis continue to show that they have no stomach for taking on the Islamists and their Taliban brethren. The Taliban openly operate in the frontier provinces, and their latest attacks have resulted in the Taliban murdering hapless civilians who cross their paths. Beheadings and lynchings. Suicide bombings.
The region used to have 1.5 million people. It's been depopulated by a third. The Swat Valley is now 80% under Taliban control.
Islamabad seems to think this is an acceptable situation. They'd much rather focus on India than their own domestic problems, which have been festering for years.
The Taliban are consolidating their control, and are busy imposing sharia; the same harsh Islamic law that brings misery to millions around the world who don't share the same views.
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