ASSESSMENTS

U.S., Pakistan: Balancing Act on the Afghan Border

Sep 16, 2008 | 19:01 GMT

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Summary

The United States has recognized that Pakistan's border areas are inherently part of the Afghan theater of war. Pakistan, for its part, has a domestic audience to reassure about the country's territorial integrity, even as it wants to curb its own mounting insurgency. Tensions on the border continue to rise as Washington devises a new war strategy that will address Pakistan one way or another.

Tensions continue to rise as Pakistan orders troops to fire on U.S. forces crossing the border. <em>(With Stratfor map)</em>...

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