As a senior commander in the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, Qari Hussain Mehsud has built a ruthless image around the training and indoctrination of suicide bombers and may be connected to the May 1 attempted bombing in Times Square.

Combating terrorists in Pakistan's borderlands was hard enough, but now the Obama administration must take actions to prevent Pakistan from evading U.S. and international pressure to attack the terrorist cancer eating away at Punjab, the nation's must populated province.

The growth of terrorist activity in Pakistan's Punjab Province could have serious consequences for Pakistan's stability, the war in Afghanistan, India-Pakistan relations, and international terrorism.