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French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that the international community will not succeed in Afghanistan if it fails in Pakistan. I will go to Pakistan before the end of the year and Pakistan is a nuclear power and we cannot allow it to fall into terrorists hands, Sarkozy said in an interview . France supports the Pakistani authorities, he added. We have launched an in-depth collaboration. It is in our interest that Pakistan succeeds in its struggle against the Taliban. Pakistani troops have been pressing a battle to dislodge the Taliban that has displaced nearly two million people. Washington alleges the Taliban hide out in the mountains of Pakistan along the Afghan border, plotting attacks on Western targets in Afghanistan.
