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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Bleak Afghan and Pakistan Intelligence Reviews

Bleak Afghan and Pakistan intelligence reviews by Kimberly Dozier and Anne Gearan of the Associated Press. AP's strict copyright rules dictate that I can't even provide a short excerpt here. So take my word, worth reading and thinking about. Also see Former Afghan spy chief says Taliban must disarm before talks, says Pakistan backs militants by Kimberly Dozier.
For an in-depth discussion of the two “Achilles heels in the current strategy: Afghan governance and insurgent sanctuaries in Pakistan" see the CNAS report Responsible Transition: Securing U.S. Interests in Afghanistan Beyond 2011, by Lieutenant General David Barno (USA ret.) and Andrew Exum.http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2010/12/bleak-afghan-and-pakistan-inte/
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