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Obama's War: Is there Any Way to Make Progress?
The war with the Taliban involves the US, Afghanistan and Pakistan, but there's growing evidence that all three have different objectives.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe war with the Taliban involves the US, Afghanistan and Pakistan, but there's growing evidence that all three have different objectives. Neither Pakistan nor Afghanistan has trust in the other and neither expects the US to be around for the long run. And this weekend's New York Times raised a disturbing question: "can the war succeed if one of [America's] principal allies is in cahoots with the enemy?" We hear from Afghanistan and Pakistan, and from one of America's senior diplomats.
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The full episode
2 of 3Dangerous Liaisons: Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Taliban- 0:00Obama's Infrastructure Plan Runs against the Political Tide`
- 7:47Obama's War: Is there Any Way to Make Progress?You’re reading this
- 45:12Google Test Drives Car that Can Drive Itself