 AP Photo Barely born, AfPak, the acronym for Afghanistan and Pakistan as a single theater of operations, already has been displaced. Pakistan has become the more dangerous of the two theaters, or PakAf.
The heart of Islamist extremism lies in Pakistan. Almost all terrorist trails in Britain track back to Pakistan.
From independence in 1947 to the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan in 1989, Pakistan and the United States were close allies. Throughout the 1990s, Washington, convinced Islamabad was lying about its secret nuclear-weapons program, inflicted draconian economic and military sanctions against its former ally. On May 11 and 13, 1998, India conducted five nuclear tests. Two weeks later, Pakistan responded with five nuclear explosions, triggering worldwide condemnation led by the... TAGGED: United States, Washington, ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, India, Taliban, Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Asif Ali Zardari, Britain, army, Benazir Bhutto, Hamid Gul, Abdul Qadeer Khan, President , Moammar GadhafiRECOMMENDED ARTICLES|
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