A flawed strategy

THE War on Terror has certainly veered off track, forcing Pakistan to seriously rethink its policy in the global struggle. The attacks, which were a rarity a year ago, have become somewhat of a routine and incline one to think it was no more Iraq or Afghanistan, but Pakistan which is the new fault line. At least 20 people were killed, and many injured, including women and children, in an attack on a residential compound believed to have been owned by Jalaludin Haqqani, a local Taliban leader who at the time of attack was in Afghanistan. A number of houses surrounding the target were also razed to the ground, causing fear among the local population.