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February 17, 2009

Holbrooke: India, Pakistan Face Serious Threat
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Richard Holbrooke, Obama’s special envoy to South Asia, said Monday that
India and Pakistan face one of the most serious security threats since
the end of British rule sixty-two years ago as Islamist militants
advance toward Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. Holbrooke’s comment
came after the Pakistani government announced it would allow Islamic or
sharia law to be imposed in the Swat Valley region as part of a peace
accord with the Taliban. The Swat Valley is located just 155 miles
northwest of Islamabad. On Sunday, Pakistani President Ali Zardari
admitted the Taliban was now present in huge amounts of Pakistan.



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