This would be an incredibly powerful signal to the people of Pakistan, to the extremists, to the region as a whole that the U.S. supports the civilian government, it supports democracy and it wants to help the people of Pakistan 
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Quotes from articles mentioning Ahmed Rashid
This would be an incredibly powerful signal to the people of Pakistan, to the extremists, to the region as a whole that the U.S. supports the civilian government, it supports democracy and it wants to help the people of Pakistan
was said
in NPR
It's only after that, I think, that you will see perhaps the military entering into a serious dialogue with the civilian government on reducing the powers of the ISI.
was said
in NPR
So we've had an escalating series of tensions between India and Pakistan related to the Indian presence in Afghanistan
was said
in NPR
If there would be a resolution to some of the disputes that exist between India and Pakistan, then perhaps the Pakistani military would feel less threatened by India, and therefore more willing to play the game of the international community in Afghanistan and stop backing the Taliban
was said
in NPR
unless the decision-makers in Pakistan decide to make stabilizing the Afghan government a higher priority than countering the Indian threat, the insurgency conducted from bases in Pakistan will continue
was said
in News Blaze
There is an economic crisis, which is the result of lack of structural changes during the military rule of Mr. Musharraf; a terrorist threat from militias controlling the semi-autonomous Federally Administered Tribal Areas near the Afghan border; and a difficult relationship between the government and the military, which is refusing to move against insurgents
was said
in News Blaze
