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Because the pakistani government has lost ground in flood hit provinces KP and Balochistan, and the international relief response has not yet met minimum requirements, it is likely that extremism will increase rapidly in the area. That will not only affect the war in Afghanistan, as the Pakistan Army is not capable of defending the borders while all hands are bound to relief work, and therefore extremist will find the border region a new save haven and see an inflow of newly recruited fighters. Pakistan will also struggle to keep the Taliban at bay in Pakistan itself. So far the fatal possibilities of the flood have been neglected by western nations and India.

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