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Militants created by Pakistan Army, of no use now, says Imran Khan

Khan promised that the new crackdown on militants would go far deeper than previous ones criticised as cosmetic

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Jeffrey Gettleman | NYT
His country nearly went to war with a neighboring enemy six and a half times its size. Militants lurk in religious schools and in the countryside.

And with inflation soaring and debt ballooning, his finance team is scrambling, desperate to secure a multibillion-dollar rescue package to avoid economic collapse.

But Imran Khan, Pakistan’s prime minister, is apparently feeling confident about his first eight months in office — so much so that he invited a group of foreign journalists for an informal, hourlong chat on Tuesday in Islamabad, the capital.

While he seemed subdued, with puffy circles under his eyes, Khan also sought to

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