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The Real Crisis: Taming the Tribal Belt

November 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Casuistic Crisis
The world is fixated on the “crisis” in Pakistan spawned by Pres. Gen. Pervez Musharraf’s imposition of emergency rule. The media is bombarding us with news that the regime is unstable, the nation is “plunging into chaos” and that the country’s nuclear weapons are at risk — frankly, nothing could be further from […]

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Tags: Afghanistan · Aurakzai · CIA · Central Intelligence Agency · FATA · Frontier Corps · Mehsud · NATO · Pakistan Army · Relations with United States · Swat · Taliban · War on Terror · Waziristan

Afghanistan: Finishing the Job

November 12th, 2007 · 5 Comments

Editor’s Note: In a recent exchange with Gen. Aziz, I mentioned American willingness to throw financial and military resources at the US presence in Afghanistan to “finish the job.” Here’s his response.
“Finish the job,” you say. Hunt out Osama? Wrap up global terrorism?
Not long ago, you taught a set of values to […]

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Tags: Afghanistan · Guests · NATO · Relations with United States · Taliban · War on Terror · Waziristan · Zia-ul-Huq

Introducing: Lt. Gen. Shahid Aziz

November 11th, 2007 · 3 Comments

Tonight, I have the pleasure of introducing the Insider Brief’s very first guest: Lieutenant General Shahid Aziz.
A retired general of the Pakistan Army, he has had an extraordinary military career that gave him a front row seat to some of Pakistan’s most pivotal events over the past decade, culminating in his role as Lahore Corps […]

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Tags: Admin · Afghanistan · Guests · NATO · National Accountability Bureau · Relations with United States · Taliban · War on Terror · Waziristan · Zia-ul-Huq