The leaders of the Afghan Taliban warned against the Pakistani Taliban mounting attacks against their own state, precisely because they were mindful of the continuing links between the Quetta Shura and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence security agency.
Moreover, some of the paramilitaries entering the area are wearing official "uniforms with insignia of the Marine Corps, but identified as 'Self-Defense Forces of Colombia Gaitanistas,'" again showing the continuing links between the paramilitaries and the U.S.-backed Colombian military.
There is a continued link between the commercial cultivation of cannabis, modern slavery and people living without legal permission to remain in the UK, according to a new report by the National Police Chiefs Councill.
Along with this, continued links between political power and the illicit economy have made it all too easy for disagreements to spiral into chaos.
The president of Congo, Joseph Kabila, for his part, is unhappy at the continued links between Mr Nkunda and the Tutsi-dominated Rwandan government.Human Rights Watch, an advocacy group, says it has evidence that Mr Nkunda is recruiting for his 4,000 strong force inside Rwanda, including from demobbed Rwandan soldiers.
In 2006, following a supposed demobilization of paramilitaries, Amnesty International said, "There is strong evidence of continued links between paramilitaries and the security forces".
In 2006, following a supposed demobilisation of paramilitaries, Amnesty International said, "There is strong evidence of continued links between paramilitaries and the security forces".
"Also, the implications for other services, lack of 24/7 transport and the threat to the wider children's hospital mean that the future of this surgery must be secured through an all-island network operating between Dublin and Belfast and continued links with units in Britain.
