Pakistan links Taliban to al-Qaeda, vows to get tough

Recent suicide bombings 'rude awakening' for Islamabad, intelligence official says SAEED SHAH Special to The Globe and Mail ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's top security official declared yesterday that the country's Taliban militants are the "new face of al-Qaeda," in a move that linked the country's struggle against extremism directly to Washington's "war on terror." In the past, Pakistan has been heavily criticized for... [read full story]