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Pakistan Fights Jihadists on Afghan, Iranian and Indian Borders
Nov 5, 2014 | 10:15 GMT
(Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
Summary
The recent suicide bombing at the main border crossing between India and Pakistan does not portend any new jihadist threat to either country. The Nov. 2 attack — which follows attacks in Iran by Balochistan-based Pakistani jihadists — shows that jihadists, although weakened, are launching attacks across a wide area. Striking at the jihadists on Pakistan's western border with Afghanistan is necessary but insufficient; Islamabad will have to expand its campaign against the jihadists into the Pakistani core and into regions along its borders with India and Iran.
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