re: #71 lawhawk

Pakistan may be a nation of 170+ million and has a significant standing army, but if the army is literally standing around while the Taliban are busy invading Pakistan proper from the frontier provinces, then the size of the military doesn’t matter. There is no political will in the Pakistani government to actually stop the Taliban, which means that the Taliban will continue advancing until such time that the Taliban choose to stop.

I suspect we may yet see a military coup in Pakistan. If it is not an Islamist coup, it might be the best possible outcome. I hope Indian intelligence has its tentacles into the Pak military with a view to inciting/supporting a coup by secular or moderate members of the military.