HISTORY 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: European Association Of Science Editors, Jalaluddin Haqqani, Haqqani Network
Document Summary
Nov. 28 lecture: obama and the crisis with pakistan. Tehrik-i taliban pakistan (mahsud tribe) allies of afghan insurgencies. New insurgency in pushtun areas against hamid karzai government from november. Mainly in 35 square mile area abutting pakistan. Accusation of pakistan allowing guerillas safe haven: or even actively supporting them. Pakistani fear of indian raw on its border, sabotage. Conflict with india over kashmir: concerns over headwaters of indus rivers, muslim nationalism. Use of fundamentalist islam to bind groups to islamabad: taliban in afghanistan, jihadis in kashmir. Promotion of pakistani jihadi groups as volunteers to fight in kashmir also sent to. State within a state (highly influential in politics, have sideline unapproved candidates before) Gen. pervez musharraf hawk on kashmir, makes 1999 coup. Ironically creates a class vested in rule of law and democracy: opposed to us occupation, gdp doubles, average 7% growth in recent years, cellphones increase from 600,000 to 50 million, banks privatized, credit ease.
