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Pakistan ranks 13 in Failed States

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has been ranked 13th in the latest ranking of failed states.The failed state ranking compiled by the famous Foreign Policy magazine is topped by Somalia with 114.9 points, followed by Congo, Sudan, Chad & Zimbabwe .Neighbouring Afghanistan  is ranked number 6, followed by Haiti, and few Arab countries like Yemen, Iraq and Central African Republic.Pakistan is ranked 13, with a better position compared with the last two years. In 2011 it was ranked 12th, while in 2010 and 2009 it was at 10th position. Robert D Kaplan, the chief geopolitical analyst at Stratfor said: "The country is run by civilian elite that steals all it can and pays almost no taxes, the absence of the state makes for 20-hour daily electricity blackouts and an almost nonexistent education system in many areas".

What if incase Haqqani Network is supported by Pakistan

Its a hot topic between many analysts of Pakistan, US and other nations in war that whether or not Haqqani Network (which is claimed to be responsible for holding attacks against US and NATO forces in Afghanistan) is being supported by Pakistan's ISI or not. However, we need to go very optimistic here by only considering that they are supported by Pakistan. To analyze we just need to go back in the history at the time of Jihad against Soviet Union. Leader of the Haqqani Network, Jalaluddin Haqqani was cultivated as a unilateral asset by CIA at that time to war against Soviet Union. He is being funded with millions of dollars to fight against the soviets by USA. He was considered as the most closest partner to USA among the sub-groups of Mujahideen in Afghanistan. However, after 9/11 the table has turned the table around and now Haqqani network is considered as the most dangerous to US Armed Forces in Afghanistan and currently it is being said that Pakistan is using