Fears Taliban could gain Pakistans nuclear weapons

Fears Taliban could gain Pakistan’s nuclear weapons

Australian Broadcasting Corporation LATELINE

Broadcast: 05/05/2009

Reporter: Karen Barlow

Pakistan says its nuclear arsenal is secure but the US is not sure. The Taliban’s resurgency in the country has the Pentagon’s alarm bells ringing and the two countries’ presidents will meet on the threat in Washington………….Analysts say the US administration has every right to be concerned about Islamic militants getting a hold of nuclear weapons.
…….RASPAL KHOSA: The Americans have actually had a covert program where they’re assisting the Pakistanis with hardening of their facilities and training personnel in nuclear safety. But we must remember that Pakistani is also the state that gave us the A.Q. Khan network and they’ve got a history of proliferating nuclear material.

KAREN BARLOW: A.Q., or Abdul Qadeer Khan, the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, confessed to secretly sending nuclear material to Libya, North Korea and Iran over two decades. Karen Barlow, Lateline.

Lateline – 05/05/2009: Fears Taliban could gain Pakistans nuclear weapons

May 6, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Uncategorized