One hell of an 'international migraine'

On that other front in the War on Terrorism things continue to get ugly. A report by the International Council on Security and Development contends that the Taliban's influence in Afghanistan has significantly increased since a year ago. The problem is particularly worrisome in the wake of an attack in Pakistan by militants on NATO supplies. The guards at Pakistan's Port World Logistics terminal were overwhelmed by about 300 militants. In the meantime, Pakistani officials were waffling over whether Zaki ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the Mumbai attacks and a member of the officially banned militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, had been captured in a raid on a training camp on Monday. But a still mad as hell India is sniffing warily over the news of the raids which it suspects is an attempt to buy time. With a friend like Pakistan, fighting the Taliban and bringing stability to Afghanistan is going to be an ugly affair indeed.