Double Game: Pakistan in the Global War on Terror
Double Game: Pakistan in the Global War on Terror

Summary/Abstract: In 2001 the discontinuance by Pakistan of support for the Taliban and its backing for the U.S. intervention in Afghanistan were of key importance to the United States’ quick victory and the change of government in Kabul. Yet in years thereafter it transpired that in the war on terror Pakistan was playing a double game, which enabled it to be, at the same time, an important ally of the anti-terror coalition and a significant partner of selected terrorist and militant organizations. Consequently, cooperation of Pakistan has been selective, and although Pakistani forces have fought certain extremist groups, they have condoned the operation of some other forces regarded as useful to the attainment by Pakistan of its own interests.

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