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Analysis: Pakistan's awkward balancing act on Islamic militant groups - -

By Pamela Constable

Analysis

Pakistan's Awkward Balancing Act on Islamic Militant Groups

Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, August 26, 2006

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- For the past five years, Pakistan has pursued a risky, two-sided policy toward Islamic militancy, positioning itself as a major ally in the Western-led war against global terrorism while reportedly allowing homegrown Muslim insurgent groups to meddle in neighboring India and Afghanistan.

Now, two high-profile cases of terrorism -- a day of gruesome, sophisticated train bombings in India in mid-July and a plot foiled this month to blow up planes leaving Britain for the United States -- have cast a new spotlight on Pakistan's ambiguous, often starkly contradictory roles as both a source and suppressor of Islamic violence, according to Pakistani and foreign experts.

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A man inspects damage after a bomb attack at a railway station in Bombay in July. Pakistan has denied any knowledge of local militants' links to bombings in India and Afghanistan. (Associated Press)


    
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