But there's a sense in which the pakistani government is now reaping what it has sown for many years. for decades, the pakistani government has played a double game, a risky double game with the united states and with nato and with other western countries. 0n the one hand, partnering with us on certain occasions to combat terrorist threats, but on the other hand, secretly and maybe even not so secretly bolstering the fortunes of the taliban in afghanistan. and today we're seeing the results. the afghanistan taliban is not really capable of countering the threat posed by icis. you know, they se...