Pakistan army set to expand counterinsurgency remit
The military has decided to expand its counterinsurgency campaign to include parts of Punjab
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- The military's motivation
- New security threat
- Panama leaks
- Raison d'etre
- Karachi kudos
- Raheel's legacy
- Consequences of extended operations
- Security gain
- Political impact
- Risk of diffusing militant activity
- The military's external strategy
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_350.jpg "Chief of Army Staff Raheel Sharif (Reuters/Mian Khursheed)")