Lisa Curtis

Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation

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Senior research fellow for South Asia in the Asia Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation; former senior advisor in the State Department's Bureau of South Asian Affairs (2001-2003); former South Asia expert for Senator Richard Luger, then Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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Before this weekend's NATO summit , Afghan President Hamid Karzai told reporters he wants fewer foreign troops in his country to reduce what he called "intrusiveness" of the war…

Obama, Karzai and the War in Afghanistan

Before this weekend's NATO summit , Afghan President Hamid Karzai told reporters he wants fewer foreign troops in his country to reduce what he called "intrusiveness" of the war…

from Which Way, L.A.?

President Hamid Karzai wants US and NATO forces reduced, but he'll have to settle for increased drone strikes and nighttime raids whether he likes it or not.

US, NATO Agree to Stay in Afghanistan until 2014

President Hamid Karzai wants US and NATO forces reduced, but he'll have to settle for increased drone strikes and nighttime raids whether he likes it or not.

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It's been reported that remote-controlled US drones have devastated the top leadership of the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan.

US Strategy in South Asia: Is It Really Working?

It's been reported that remote-controlled US drones have devastated the top leadership of the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan.

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