By Sudha Ramachandran (05/08/2015 issue of the CACI Analyst)
While China prods the Pakistani government to crack down on Uighur militants and their bases in North Waziristan, it ignores and even appeases Islamabad’s support of anti-India terrorist groups and has rushed to Pakistan’s defense in international forums. While this may endear Beijing to the Pakistani establishment, a selective approach to terrorism is not productive in the long run as groups like the East Turkistan Islamic Movement are drawing strength from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence’s terrorism network.
- Eurasia
- Central Asia
- China
- South Asia
- East Asia
- United Nations Sanctions Committee
- United Nations Security Council
- Terrorism
- Pakistan
- Uighur
- Xinjiang
- East Turkestan Islamic Movement
- India
- Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
- North Waziristan
- SCO
- Islamic Jihad Union
- ISI