Pakistani internal security (catch all)

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Two very different commentaries on the war within Pakistan, made clear in the titles.

First, by Peter Oborne and Sabin Agha, in The Spectator entitled:

Pakistan is winning its war on terror ;Over the past three years, the country has seen an extraordinary reduction in violence

A key passage:

Violence has not just dropped a bit. It is down by three quarters in the last two years. The country is safer than at any point since George W. Bush launched his war on terror 15 years ago. The change can be dated to a special cabinet meeting called by prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Karachi in September 2013. At this meeting Sharif called an end to Pakistan’s culture of violence.

Link:http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/12/p...war-on-terror/

Second, Christine Fair, in WoTR entitled, bluntly:

Pakistan's unending war on civil society

Her point in one sentence:

The Pakistan military is waging a war on democracy at home and wars in Afghanistan and India with the subsidy of the United States.

Link:https://warontherocks.com/2017/01/pa...civil-society/