fanatics slaughter mountaineers

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This is disturbing...

BBC News - Nanga Parbat attack: Taliban say new faction killed climbers

Pakistan seems to be fast headed into an isolated future. It amazes me how the U.S. remained allied with Pakistan during the so called 'war on terror', despite their own military dictatorship, state supported terrorist attacks on democratic India, and now this new this twist.
The region seems to be fast becoming the new safe haven for stone-age Islamic extremists - and who's to say U.S. taxpayer funding is not (indirectly) contributing to these terrorist organizations' funding.