By Sumit Ganguly
News reports this past week suggest that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has bluntly told Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari that his country needs to adopt an unyielding position in dealing with a range of Islamist militants who remain well ensconced in parts of the country. Zardari, in turn, reportedly insisted that such an effort was all but impossible with national elections looming. More to the point, he reiterated his call for a U.S. apology for the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers as a consequence of a NATO attack on a border outpost.
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