It’s a quagmire.
Pakistani tribal people block Peshawar-Kabul Road to protest election results against their candidate in Pakistan’s tribal area of Khyber close to the Afghan border on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008. Pakistan’s ruling party conceded defeat Tuesday after opposition parties routed allies of President Pervez Musharraf in parliamentary elections that could threaten the rule of America’s close ally in the war on terror. (AP Photo/B.K.Bangash)