To the contrary, having tight connections with a powerful militant across the border, much as Pakistan does in Afghanistan, could protect their interests.
The Haqqanis control the most powerful militant network in the region and are known as important protectors and allies of members of Al Qaeda in the region.
Isis is the most powerful militant group in Iraq, and a major force in the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
Government officials confirmed that they had reached a peace agreement with Baitullah Mehsud, one of the area's most powerful militant commanders.
They received roses from India's home minister in exchange for their guns.American officials and Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, held preliminary talks with Hizb-e-Islami, a powerful militant group with ties to al-Qaeda.
The militia is backed by Hezbollah, the powerful militant Shiite Muslim movement based in Lebanon, and is involved in fighting Syrian rebels around the city of Qusayr, a short distance across the border.
After the country's most powerful Islamic militant groups challenged the decision to side with the United States in Afghanistan and called on their followers to sign up for "holy war" against General Musharraf's government, the president arrested several powerful militant clerics, and announced that they would be tried for inciting armed insurrection.
He told Spanish interrogators that the first bombing in Barcelona would be followed by demands from Al Qaeda through Baitullah Mehsud, a powerful militant commander in the South Waziristan tribal area along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
MOGADISHU, Somalia — The movement of Islamist fighters out of towns in southern and central Somalia in recent days, along with comments by government officials and insurgents, suggests that rifts have developed within the leadership of the country's most powerful militant organization, the Shabab.
