The United States special representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, implored a Congressional hearing in Washington to put more pressure on Islamabad to help aid attempts against the Taliban. Holbrooke stated clearly that "we need to put the most heavy possible pressure on our friends in Pakistan to join us in the fight against the Taliban and its allies."Holbrooke suggested that the US must give its undivided effort to help stabilize Pakistan and develop as a democratic entity. Also that Islamabad itself must be committed to drive out any illicit extremists including both al-Qaeda and the Taliban, both of which have been welcomed too long in the unscrupulous regions of the Pakistani border.
Pakistani President Ali Zardari, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, and President Barack Obama intend to meet in a summit on Wednesday. At the summit, the talks will include the delicate subject of civilian death prevention, the recent uprising of Taliban activity, and easing the tensions between the two conflictual countries.
Holbrooke is simply trying to create a front against the elusive Taliban. If anything is to be accomplished from the summit on Wednesday, Obama, Karzai, and Zardari must openly confront the Taliban that wreak terror among the two countries, and deal with it slowly, as would be done with any other problem.
We need to make the message very clear to the terrorists that threaten society: total control is over; it is time for justice.
Original article: BBC News, May 5, 2009
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