Great Regulars: It was also under Benazir's second government

that the Taliban was not just recognised but supported by Pakistan. "Only three governments in the world recognised the Taliban and Benazir's was one of the them."

The Bhutto family always claimed to support democracy. Why did they never achieve it? "I think the thing that changed all of them was power. It's the nature of the beast. To find someone who enters politics and isn't overwhelmed and transformed by it is very rare. That's the danger isn't it? I think there was a sense of entitlement. I think Benazir felt they owed her. They killed her father. They killed her brother. Fine-- but she owed them too."

from Fatima Bhutto: The Scotsman: Interview: Fatima Bhutto, author

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