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Here is an excerpt of Statement of K. Alan Kronstadt Specialist in South Asian Affairs Congressional Research Service before the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information,Federal Services, and International Security titled “Addressing the US .-Pakistan Strategic Relationship”. Her er et uddrag af meddelelsen af K. Alan Kronstadt Specialist i sydasiatiske anliggender Congressional Research Service, før det amerikanske Senats udvalg for Homeland Security og statslige anliggender Underudvalget om Forbundsrepublikken økonomisk forvaltning, offentlig information, Federal Services, og International Security titlen "Løsning af den amerikanske .- Pakistan strategiske forbindelser ".

Concurrent with this sharp increase in domestic insecurity in Pakistan has been the apparent resurgence on that country’s territory of the very threat the United States has sought to neutralize in Afghanistan: Al Qaeda and affiliated groups who continue to plot anti-Western terrorist attacks. Samtidig med denne kraftige stigning i den indenlandske usikkerhed i Pakistan har været den tilsyneladende genopblussen om, at landets område af meget trussel USA har forsøgt at neutralisere i Afghanistan: Al Qaeda og tilknyttede grupper, der fortsat plot anti-vestlige terrorangreb. Despite years of effort and billions of dollars worth of resources, the estimated number of Al Qaeda suspects reported killed or captured in Pakistan - around 700 - has remained essentially unchanged since 2004. På trods af års indsats, og milliarder af dollars værd af ressourcer, det anslåede antal af Al Qaeda-mistænkte rapporteret dræbt eller taget til fange i Pakistan - omkring 700 - er stort set uændret siden 2004. At an April 2008 House hearing on Al Qaeda, a panel of non-governmental experts agreed that the ongoing hunt for Al Qaeda’s top leaders was foundering. På en april 2008 House høring om Al Qaeda, et panel af ikke-statslige eksperter enige om, at den igangværende jagten på al-Qaedas øverste ledere var foundering. At the me time, however, the head of the US Central Intelligence- Agency, Michael Hayden, later portrayed A1 Qaeda as being on the defensive in South Asia, claiming that its leadership is losing the battle for hearts and minds in the Muslim world. På mig tid, men chefen for den amerikanske Central Intelligence-agenturet, Michael Hayden, der senere blev portrætteret A1 Qaeda som værende i defensiven i Sydasien og hævdede, at dens ledelse er ved at tabe kampen for hjerter og sind i den muslimske verden. Yet Hayden’s conclusion came only two months after his March 2008 assertion that the situation on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border “presents a clew and present danger to Afghanistan, to Pakistan, and to the West in general, and to the United States in particular.” He agreed with other top US officials who believe that possible future terrorist attacks on the US homeland likely would likely originate in that region. Men Hayden's konklusion kom kun to måneder efter hans marts 2008 påstand om, at situationen på Pakistan og Afghanistan grænse "præsenterer en skødebarm og nuværende fare for Afghanistan, Pakistan, og at Vesten i almindelighed og USA i særdeleshed . "Han er aftalt med andre førende amerikanske embedsmænd, der mener, at eventuelle fremtidige terrorangreb på USA's hjemland sandsynligvis ville sandsynligvis stammer fra denne region.

Full copy of Addressing the US .-Pakistan Strategic Relationship statement is available here. Fuldstændig kopi af Løsning af den amerikanske .- Pakistan strategisk forhold erklæring er tilgængelig her.