Posted on http://www.pakistanpolicy.com and citing http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...304029_pf.html
“Collaboration is growing between Taliban commanders in Afghanistan such as Haqqani, who has tribal roots in Paktika province, and Pakistanis such as Baitullah Mehsud, a commander in South Waziristan who is reorganizing the Taliban with help from agents in Pakistan’s intelligence service, according to U.S. military officials. Mehsud, the CIA has said, is responsible for the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto in December.”
This suggests we are back again to the policy of Musharraf - stop and go (as I've termed the policy before). I accept there could be other explanations, for example a new government's inability to control ISI actions.
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