US-Pakistan history of misunderstandings, lies and violence

General Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, the wily military dictator who ruled Pakistan for much of the 1980s, was famous for, among other things, his gleaming teeth, which he used to dazzle visitors with a smile that left them guessing about his true intentions. So it was in July 1982 when General Vernon Walters, an envoy sent by President Ronald Reagan, delivered a stern message to Zia. The United States had "incontrovertible proof," Walters said, that Pakistan...

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