Pakistan is good at retreat, but, poor in resolve to peace and stability.

The West has to realize there is no resolve to tensions with Pakistan.  Pakistan has no will to carry out any initiative to end its internal conflict.  In some ways it is similar to Iran in that it views its nuclear capacity as necessary to guard their people from a region where major nuclear powers exist.

Pakistan never stops to realize its nuclear weapons are why the Taliban and al Qaeda seek instability within the country.  It would be best for the people of Pakistan to end the power struggle with other countries and concentrate all the governments efforts on human rights and quality of life.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (AFP, Patrik Stollarz)

Karzai accuses Pakistan of stalling talks with Taliban (click title to entry - thank you)

By Celine Le Prioux (AFP) – 1 day ago

BONN — Afghan President Hamid Karzai has accused Pakistan, which is boycotting Monday's international conference on Afghanistan, of undermining all negotiations with the Taliban.

"Up until now, they have sadly refused to back efforts for negotiations with the Taliban," Karzai told Der Spiegel weekly in comments reported Sunday.

The Bonn meeting seeks to chart a course for Afghanistan after NATO's 2014 withdrawal, but Pakistan's boycott has dealt a blow to already fragile hopes for a roadmap.

Pakistan is considered vital to any prospect of stability in the war-ravaged country a decade after US-led forces ousted the Taliban, who had offered safe haven to Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

But Islamabad pulled out after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in cross-border NATO air strikes a week ago, though sources close to the German foreign ministry say Pakistan officials would be kept informed of progress at the conference....