Denial in Pakistan

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Spencer Ackerman passed along statements made by Husain Haqqani, Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, at a forum in Washington yesterday. Ambassador Haqqani has been a vocal critic of Islamist extremists operating in Pakistan, so it is very disappointing to see him defend the government’s policy of cutting peace deals with the Taliban. Ambassador Haqqani is not being honest about the nature of these agreements, which I’ll outline below:

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