Imran Khan’s Ousting and the Crisis of Pakistan’s Military Regime
The Intercept Briefing
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The High and Low Points of the Baksai Military in Pakistan
9-11 was a moment of huge anxiety for what at the time was a relatively marginalized military dictatorship in South Asia. Parvez Musharraf had his coup had not been welcomed and Clinton administration actually spurned him. Pakistan became more acceptable within the international community until an insurgency kicks off inside Pakistan itself. The Baksai has always adopted of let's back some militants against others and then they backfire. This this policy which we will talk later also applies to the way they deal with politics as well.
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