October 31, 2006

PAKISTAN

Posted at 7:43 pm on Tuesday the 31st
Filed under: Pakistan

What an oily euphemism — “non-traditional security.”

President Gen Pervez Musharraf has said that the 80 people killed in the air strike on a seminary in Bajaur were Taliban militants adding that army and force would be used against militancy anywhere in the country.

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The President was of the view that changes were rapidly taking place around the globe and the situation was turning from traditional security to non-traditional security and motive behind it was the longstanding political issues that needed to be addressed. “These political issues are giving birth to terrorism, extremism and other problems which should be resolved on priority basis,” he advocated.

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The president remarked that the military alone could not restore peace and underlined the need for political and administrative strategy in this connection. Article

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