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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 08 > Pakistan’s enemy No. 1: an ally bent by al-Qaida

Pakistan’s enemy No. 1: an ally bent by al-Qaida

By Carlotta Gall and Ismail Khan / The Bulletin
August 8, 2009

KABUL " Baitullah Mehsud is perhaps the most prominent example of a tribal Taliban fighter who at first fought in Afghanistan and cooperated with the Pakistani army, but then turned against his own country, unleashing a vicious campaign in the name of spreading the rule of Islam.

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