From Wall Street Journal:
Tensions between India and Pakistan rose over the weekend as Pakistan said it was redeploying an unspecified number of troops from the fight against Islamic militants in the country's northwest, a move decried by Indian officials as needlessly provocative.
Pakistani officials wouldn't say where the troops were headed nor provide estimates of how many soldiers were on the move. But a Pakistani military spokesman suggested they will be redeployed to face Indian forces on the country's eastern border, calling the troop movements and the restriction of leave "defensive and precautionary steps" prompted by souring relations with India.
Another Pakistani security official said some of the country's soldiers were being moved from northwestern regions where there were no Islamic militants to fight, or where both sides were snowed in.
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My Comment: A number of commentators were warning that Pakistan would use the excuse of the Mumbai attack and the Indian response to it as the reason why it was scaling back their campaign against the Pakistani Taliban in the West, and reinforcing their position on the border region with India.
The fact that the critics of the Pakistani regime have been proven right (again) .... contrary to what Pakistani Government officials have been saying .... one must now put into question every policy decision that has been made by Pakistan when it comes to making assurances to the West on them being a reliable partner in the war against terror. It is clear that Pakistan has a lot to explain for .... their failure to do so will probably be one of President Obama's most difficult foreign policy tasks when he assumes the Presidency.