In a conversation I had with the general when he visited Washington, DC last month, he placed Islamic extremism well ahead of Pakistan’s poorly performing economy and immature political system on the list of problems that the country must confront. Pakistan, he said, has the strength – and now the political will – to move decisively against terrorism.
上个月，在谢里夫将军访问华盛顿期间，我和他做了一番会谈，他认为，伊斯兰极端主义是一个比巴基斯坦表现糟糕的经济和有欠成熟的政治制度重要得多的问题。他说，巴基斯坦有实力——也有政治意愿——对恐怖主义采取果断行动。