London, Feb. 11: A Western military official has said that the failures of the Pakistan army in pinning down al Qaeda and Taliban elements on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border puts the West at constant risk of an attack from these extremist elements.

Staung that the Pakistan armed forces are ill-equipped and untrained in counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations, the official warned of extremist attacks becoming large scale and unmanageable.

Islamabad, Feb. 8 : The cease-fire deal brokered between the Pakistani security forces and Pakistani Taliban commanders is just the lull before a big storm and the beginning of a new chapter of militancy in Pakistan.

In an article for the Asia Times, Syed Saleem Shahzad says that while Islamabad has officially announced a ceasefire in restive South Waziristan, which lies on the border with Afghanistan, a revolt is brewing among tribals not happy with the new deal.