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And even Afghan lawmakers are in despair:
Ten long years of our blood and treasure, and the final result is going to be a complete loss as far as I can see.
- “elements Within The Pakistani Security Establishment Continue To View The Haqqani Network As A Useful Ally And Proxy Force To Represent Their Interests In Afghanistan”
The Institute for the Study of War, in a paper about the HAQQANI NETWORKWashington Times:The Haqqani Network, the terrorist group that the U.S. command in Afghanistan says is its most formidable enemy — worse than the Taliban or al...
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Front Page Mag: Deadliest Afghan Bombing Points to Pakistan Posted by Ryan Mauro On Saturday, Pakistan showed how dismissive it is of U.S. pressure. Only days after Secretary State Clinton’s visit to Pakistan and one day prior to her trip to Afghanistan,...
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Front Page Mag: Is U.S. Set to Invade Pakistan? Posted by Stephen Brown American soldiers have launched a major operation this week that has seen hundreds of US and Afghan troops mass near Afghanistan’s eastern border with Pakistan, raising suspicions...
- Yeah, I'm Good With It
Fuck whether it aggravates political tensions. Ya think they're not already aggravated? And why should we worry about whether the Afghans reach a political settlement with the Taliban? Barry planning on having Mullah Omar over for tea? Or perhaps...
- The Real Pakistani Belief About America And The Future ..and It's Hassan Nasrallah's Refrain
WaPo: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The Pakistani military is not ready to meet a U.S. demand that it go after Afghan Taliban leader Siraj Haqqani, officials said. U.S. officials see Haqqani as a major threat to U.S. forces in Afghanistan...
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Ten Long Years In Afghanistan
And even Afghan lawmakers are in despair:
Afghans: Obama wasting time talking to terroristsThe rest HERE.
A group of senior Afghan lawmakers says the Obama administration is wasting its time in trying to make peace with the Haqqani Network, a Pakistan-based terrorist group U.S. officials have accused of killing Americans and attacking the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan.
Washington should instead increase pressure on Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency to cut its ties to the Haqqanis, withhold millions of dollars of aid to Islamabad and attack the militants in their safe havens, the lawmakers told The Washington Times this week.
The Haqqani Network, which is led by Sirajuddin Haqqani and operates from Pakistan's North Waziristan province, is supported by the ISI, according to Afghan and Western officials. Pakistani officials deny these accusations.
The Afghan lawmakers said the United States should use a combination of sanctions and travel bans against top ISI officers and the Pakistani military to break their support for the Haqqani Network.
The group of 10 lawmakers is in Washington for meetings at the Pentagon and State Department and on Capitol Hill.
U.S. officials met with representatives of the Haqqani Network over the summer.
In congressional testimony late last month, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton defended the Obama administration's strategy of "fight, talk and build" while dealing with the terrorists. She said part of the reason for the administration's approach is to test whether the terrorist groups "have any willingness to negotiate in good faith."
The Afghan lawmakers were pessimistic about the prospects of such an approach....
Ten long years of our blood and treasure, and the final result is going to be a complete loss as far as I can see.
- “elements Within The Pakistani Security Establishment Continue To View The Haqqani Network As A Useful Ally And Proxy Force To Represent Their Interests In Afghanistan”
The Institute for the Study of War, in a paper about the HAQQANI NETWORKWashington Times:The Haqqani Network, the terrorist group that the U.S. command in Afghanistan says is its most formidable enemy — worse than the Taliban or al...
-
Front Page Mag: Deadliest Afghan Bombing Points to Pakistan Posted by Ryan Mauro On Saturday, Pakistan showed how dismissive it is of U.S. pressure. Only days after Secretary State Clinton’s visit to Pakistan and one day prior to her trip to Afghanistan,...
-
Front Page Mag: Is U.S. Set to Invade Pakistan? Posted by Stephen Brown American soldiers have launched a major operation this week that has seen hundreds of US and Afghan troops mass near Afghanistan’s eastern border with Pakistan, raising suspicions...
- Yeah, I'm Good With It
Fuck whether it aggravates political tensions. Ya think they're not already aggravated? And why should we worry about whether the Afghans reach a political settlement with the Taliban? Barry planning on having Mullah Omar over for tea? Or perhaps...
- The Real Pakistani Belief About America And The Future ..and It's Hassan Nasrallah's Refrain
WaPo: ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The Pakistani military is not ready to meet a U.S. demand that it go after Afghan Taliban leader Siraj Haqqani, officials said. U.S. officials see Haqqani as a major threat to U.S. forces in Afghanistan...