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g Pakistan. • BMGF should request the Afghan central authorities to coordinate emergency plans (this will have to be broached very delicately as Kabul's position on everything is that "it's not a problem!"). • BMGF should ask its interlocutors in both Pakistan and Afghanistan to strengthen anti-
landmass and population), a major factor responsible for Afghanistan's success is the following: The Afghan Taliban, under the authority of Mullah Omar, have issued explicit approval of and support for the polio eradication programme, with the following conditions: (i) each anti-polio campa
ip in the security situation, with each power source positioning itself. How soon Afghanistan can get out of this dip depends on who is in power in Kabul. This dip/civil war will, in any case, spill over into Pakistan, where the power struggle will breed further instability and unleash negative forces
e to open a dialogue on polio eradication more to acquire legitimacy and to introduce other issues); (viii) also attempt to get the Pak Army to get Mullah Omar, head of the .Afghan Talihan. to issue an appeal to the TTP to support polio eradication; (ix) an opportunity could be provided by the new Provinci
urgency. Pakistan is reluctant to support any solution that doesn't protect its interests in Afghanistan or fails to provide a non-aligned setup in Kabul with a dominant role for Pashtuns, putting it at odds with Western allies and the Afghan government. The US wants the present setup to continue EF
pite differences on tactics, the two share an objective of establishing a harsh version of Islam. Moreover, both movements owe their allegiance to Mullah Omar, founder and supreme leader of Afghan Taliban movement. In recent years, the insurgency in Pakistan has grown both in numbers and sophistication as
ip in the security situation, with each power source positioning itself. How soon Afghanistan can get out of this dip depends on who is in power in Kabul. This dip/civil war will, in any case, spill over into Pakistan, where the power struggle will breed further instability and unleash negative force
e to open a dialogue on polio eradication more to acquire legitimacy and to introduce other issues); (viii) also attempt to get the Pak Army to get Mullah Omar, head of the Afghan Taliban, to issue an appeal to the TTP to support polio eradication; (ix) an opportunity could be provided by the new Provincia
ip in the security situation, with each power source positioning itself. How soon Afghanistan can get out of this dip depends on who is in power in Kabul. This dip/civil war will, in any case, spill over into Pakistan, where the power struggle will breed further instability and unleash negative force
e to open a dialogue on polio eradication more to acquire legitimacy and to introduce other issues); (viii) also attempt to get the Pak Army to get Mullah Omar, head of the Afghan Taliban, to issue an appeal to the TTP to support polio eradication; (ix) an opportunity could be provided by the new Provincia
ip in the security situation, with each power source positioning itself. How soon Afghanistan can get out of this dip depends on who is in power in Kabul. This dip/civil war will, in any case, spill over into Pakistan, where the power struggle will breed further instability and unleash negative force
e to open a dialogue on polio eradication more to acquire legitimacy and to introduce other issues); (viii) also attempt to get the Pak Army to get Mullah Omar, head of the Afghan Taliban, to issue an appeal to the TTP to support polio eradication; (ix) an opportunity could be provided by the new Provincia
Entities connected to both Kabul and Mullah Omar

Hamid Karzai
PERSONCourtney Wild
PERSON
Robert Gates
PERSON
Bin Laden
PERSON
Osama bin Laden
PERSON
Seattle
LOCATIONthe Afghan Taliban
ORGANIZATION
Islamabad
LOCATION
USAID
ORGANIZATION
Karachi
LOCATION
Nigeria
LOCATION
Peshawar
LOCATIONKhyber
LOCATION
World Health Organization
ORGANIZATIONNorth Waziristan
LOCATIONPunjab
LOCATIONPanjab
LOCATIONLatai
PERSONPak Army
ORGANIZATIONnon-FATA
PERSON