In the past the military of these regimes have shown themselves to be less interested in blowing themselves or others up for allah. Remember the mass desertions in Iraq, bands of Iraqi soldiers looking for someone to surrender to, IIRC they even approached our media.
The religious leaders are awaiting a final battle where they expect to triumph and rule the world.
I’d rather deal with the soldiers.
Maybe you need to read up on how Zia ul Haq institutionalized radical Islam or how the an alliance of Islamic parties secured parliamentary seats in 2002 with support from Musharraf. Or how pretty much how every major terrorist incident in Afghanistan or India seems to be associated with the ISI, which is a wing of the Pakistani army.