Security challenges
October 4, 2008 TWO US missile attacks in North Waziristan within four days have killed twenty-nine people including a number of women and children, leading to widespread denunciations. Despite Islamabad's protests, Washington fails to realise that actions of the sort weaken the position of loyal tribesmen who have raised lashkars to help the government establish its writ. The Bush administration is causing problems for Pakistan through shortsighted policies geared towards winning the presidential elections for the Republicans.
