Islamabad maintains ties to the group through its intelligence service, and it is seeking to exploit those connections to extend its influence over Afghanistan.
Mr. Rumsfeld sidestepped a question about whether Russia was hoping to take advantage of the collapse of the government of Mr. Shevardnadze to extend its influence over the poor but strategically situated re public.
Whether or not the mayor gets to extend his influence over Newark's affairs by controlling the spending of the $80 million after leaving office, he still intends to have his say.
This has broader regional implications, experts and officials said, since Saudi Arabia has a significant Shiite minority in its eastern, oil-producing districts and the Shiite government in Iran would like to extend its influence over this nearby island kingdom.
But Western diplomats and military officials said they worried that Russia's decision to extend the fighting and open a second front in Abkhazia indicated that it had sought to use a relatively low-level conflict in a conflict-prone part of the Caucasus region to extend its influence over a much broader area.
The French began to extend their influence over the Sakalava, and the first "Franco-Merina" war (1883 85) ended with an ambiguous treaty: France was given a settlement at Diégo-Suarez and a resident at Antananarivo, but the institution of a protectorate was temporarily avoided.
Indeed, some people argue sanctions and isolation are actually counterproductive because they create the conditions in which hardline groups, like the Revolutionary Guard, can extend their influence over politics and the economy.
Further south, however, the power of the dukes of Aquitaine over the local church was much less than in the north, and Henry's efforts to extend his influence over local appointments created tensions.
But Russia, which Ukraine and the West say is destabilising the new government in order to maintain and extend its influence over its most populous ex-Soviet neighbour, echoed the Donetsk militants in denouncing the authorities' failure to dismantle what is effectively an anti-Russian protest camp in Kiev.
If this proves anything, it proves that Iran is keen on extending its influence over the countries of the region".
He united Java, extended his influence over Sumatra, and resisted Mongol attempts to exact tribute from his kingdom.
