Blair, Musharraf commit to fight terror

British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf committed on Sunday to a fight against terrorism for years to come, pledging to fund moderate Islamic schools and provide more job opportunities to erode extremists8217; base of support, while vowing to stamp out Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Blair, on his third trip to Pakistan, and his host Musharraf also called for a resolution to the Palestinian-Israeli crisis, seen as the catalyst for the spread of global Islamic militancy.

Blair said the war against extremism will fail unless more is done to support moderate political and religious forces over those fanning terrorism. 8220;This terrorism we are facing, of which one manifestation is what has happened in Kabul, has been a long time going and will taketime to defeat,8221; said Blair.