The border area of Pakistan and Afghanistan is obviously a porous Taliban/terrorist nest. What's needed is a 20-30 mile zone inside Pakistan where Coalition forces can pursue, bomb and eliminate those radicals and jihadists who would destroy the progress made.
The Pakistani intelligence agencies are part of the problem not the solution.
"President Musharraf has acknowledged that some retired Pakistani intelligence officials may still be involved in supporting their former protégés in the Taliban.
Hamid Gul, the former director general of Pakistani intelligence, remains a public and unapologetic supporter of the Taliban, visiting madrasas and speaking in support of jihad at graduation ceremonies.
Afghan intelligence officials recently produced a captured insurgent who said Mr. Gul facilitated his training and logistics through an office in the Pakistani town of Nowshera, in the North-West Frontier Province, west of the capital, Islamabad.
NATO and American officials in Afghanistan say there is also evidence of support from current midlevel Pakistani intelligence officials. Just how far up that support reaches remains in dispute."
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