Pakistan's Hidden Internal Enemy

Perhaps the world’s most immediate concern should be the insurgence of the Taliban into Pakistan. Bear in mind that we are dealing with fanatics who will stop at nothing to push their cause.

It isn’t the ongoing march of Islamic extremists across the world that is the big worry. For me it is the possibility of these extremists moving into Pakistan, toppling the government and getting their hands on Pakistan’s nuclear weapons.

However, it is not the tough fighters out in the hills that pose this threat. Using nuclear warheads needs education and know how, and it is those technically aware insiders that may be much more of a threat and far more likely to get access to these materials.

The threat comes from high flying insiders with the skills, the access and the sympathies with the cause of the Taliban. These are the secret enemies of Pakistan and the rest of the world, not the uneducated mountain fighters.