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With The U S Military Gone, The CIA Faces Tough Challenges In Afghanistan
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As the Taliban prepare for victory, Islamabad is being forced to face up to the cost of getting what it wanted Moneycontrol 15 hours ago Chanpreet Khurana © Gulam Jeelani As the Taliban prepare for victory, Islamabad is being forced to face up to the cost of getting what it wanted
Eight days after 9/11, as United States combat jets began bombing Taliban positions across Afghanistan, General Pervez Musharraf went on air to warn his nation it stood at a fateful crossroad. In and outside the Pakistan Army, powerful voices were urging the country to defy America, and fight alongside the Taliban to defend its Islamic Emirate. “Our critical assets,” Pakistan’s military ruler responded, “are our sovereignty, second our economy, third our strategic assets, and fourth our Kashmir cause. All four will be harmed if we make the wrong decision,” he warned.
Oh, No! Al-Qaeda Out of Cave on 9/12!
The current discussion on the planned withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops from Afghanistan centers on a benighted belief that my former CIA analyst-colleague Paul Pillar exposed 12 years ago. Paul called it the key tenet that Afghanistan must not be allowed to again become a haven for terrorist groups, especially al-Qaeda .
No problem: Just re-read Paul Pillar’s
Washington Post op-ed of Sept. 16, 2009, which Paul might well have entitled:
Following are excerpts:
How important to terrorist groups is any physical haven? … How much does a haven affect the danger of terrorist attacks against US interests, especially
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