Reply #63: No, the Taliban move in and out of the villages and use the villages as areas for stockpiling etc et

[truebrit71]

..we have spent well over $10 billion in the past 7 years in Pakistan to no avail...what becomes of that weak govt I do not know, but what is perfectly clear is that the Pakistani Military and the ISI have zero appetite to do anything useful against the Taliban..so therefore WE must..

Longer term I think that India has to be brought into the mix because it is in that country's best interst to have a stable Pakistan as well. Sort of like rebuilding a house, at the moment worrying about what sort of carpet, or what sort of furniture we want to use makes no sense because we're trying to get the rot out first...