Word: azam
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...hidden in mosques and schools. The regime may be marshaling its soldiers and artillery for a hellacious counterattack. "It's not very surprising, given the heavy U.S. bombings, that they pulled out of Mazar," says Rifaat Hussain, head of defense and strategic studies at Islamabad's Quaid-i-Azam University. "If the Taliban choose to fight a real battle, it will be over Kabul." The capital is the destination of choice for the 20,000 militants who have crossed the border from Pakistan to fight for the Taliban...
...moreover, are central to Pakistan's traditional foreign policy of keeping the Kashmir issue alive and urgent, which allows Islamabad to keep the pressure on India. "Pakistan wants to extend the olive branch and also carry a gun," says Rifaat Hussain, a defense analyst at Islamabad's Quaid-I-Azam University. "Why should India talk if the situation is normal...