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OP-ED: Reconsidering a military solution in Waziristan Abbas Rashid May 18, 2004 There is little doubt that the issue of foreign militants using Pakistani territory for launching operations against a neighbouring country has to be addressed Serious differences between the United States and Pakistan seem to be emerging over the ‘hammer and anvil’ strategy that had been elaborated by the US recently to confront, capture or eliminate Al Qaeda and allied Taliban elements in the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The US and the Karzai government sought military action from Pakistan to flush out militants in the area so...