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Whether that be the strange case of the Raymond Davis’ carjacking, allegations of either collusion with or foot-dragging against the Taliban by the ISI, drone attacks gone wrong in the tribal areas of Pakistan or cross border incursions against militants based in its borderlands, there is a heavy strain on an alliance critical to winning the war in Afghanistan.
That’s not to say that public crises aren’t the only form of difficulty. Lt-Gen Pasha, head of the ISI recently toured Washington to privately rebuild the intelligence relationship between the two countries’ which press reports have suggested resulted in the halting of intelligence co-operation earlier this year.
The US wants to win the war in Afghanistan and ensure stability once it ends major combat operations. To do that it needs the support of its ally Pakistan.
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The crux of the problem is Afghanistan.
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uring what is undoubtedly a lull before the latest public crisis in relations between the US and Pakistan, it seems the right time to look at the alliance or perhaps more properly, the marriage of convenience between the two countries.
Reflecting these problems the American Ambassador to Pakistan called for ‘renewal’ of ties between the two countries in April.
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Editorial
Pakistan wants to retain influence in Afghanistan. While unwelcome to some it is hardly unexpected or unrealistic. The US is fighting a war after massive domestic loss of life from attacks originating in Afghanistan, thousands of miles away. For Pakistan to want to retain influence in that country with which it has a shared border if only as a safety measure, is hardly unreasonable. Equally, neither is the US demand that the influence it seeks should not be exclusively via the Taliban as was the case prior to 2001.
Pakistan is a weak, almost kleptocractic state and its government has only degrees of control over its institutions. It is not a mature liberal democracy. Pakistan either cannot or will not take marionette like direction from Washington and no country likes its citizens and soldiers being killed within its own borders by an ally, even by accident. To expect otherwise is unrealistic although neither is the expectation of greater effort on the part of Pakistan’s government either.
What the two allies want can be compatible, irrespective of any local difficulties between the two countries. Furthermore the two are beholden to each other. The United States needs Pakistan to prosecute its current and future operations in Afghanistan, it also has an interest in ensuring a country with perhaps 100 nuclear warheads does not turn into a failed state and Pakistan needs the US to ensure generous bi-lateral and multi-lateral aid amongst other things. The USPakistan alliance is here to stay but the ride will be bumpy. Adam Baddeley, Editor
Editor: Adam Baddeley E-mail: adam@baddeley.net
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