Heavy Price: Pakistan Says War On Terror Has Cost Nearly 50,000 Lives There Since 9/11 -- Washington Times
Pakistan’s spy agencies told the country’s Supreme Court that the war on terror there has cost 49,000 lives since the Sept. 11 suicide hijacking attacks in 2001, Pakistani media reported Wednesday.
The agencies’ report to the court, a rare on-the-record statement from Islamabad’s usually ultrasecretive intelligence establishment, also accuses Afghanistan of collaborating with the Pakistani Taliban, or TTP — the first time Islamabad has leveled such charges, according to the Express-Tribune newspaper.
The report was provided to a three-judge panel of the court as part of the government’s defense against a legal challenge to recent anti-terrorism legislation.
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My Comment: I am skeptical of these numbers .... and I am not surprised that Pakistan is blaming others for their terrorism environment and the reason why there are many militant groups now operating in their country.
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