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y Pakistanis, at least to judge by my hundreds of interviews on the street in all four provinces over the past four years, including this March in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Pakistanis do not necessarily support the Taliban's ideological and revolutionary program. Rather, they see the Taliban's f
ly support the Taliban's ideological and revolutionary program. Rather, they see the Taliban's fight against the United States and Afghan President Hamid Karzai's administration as a legitimate national resistance struggle, just like the war of the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviets and their Afghan comm
nst the United States and Afghan President Hamid Karzai's administration as a legitimate national resist
essarily. (i) there have been no attacks on PEC workers in FATA, only threats so far; TTP strongly denies it is behind the attacks in KP, Sindh and Punjab provinces — it is clear, however, that anti-State elements are using these attacks to hit the Govt where it hurts; (ii) PEC has become a security i
curity situation may worsen. Afghanistan post-2014: If the US withdrawal leaves behind an unstable environment, and depending on who comes in after Karzai, and if there is no agreement with the Afghan Taliban, there will be civil war. Even with an orderly withdrawal, there will still be a dip in the se
00586379 (i) there have been no attacks on PEC workers in FATA, only threats so far; TTP strongly denies it is behind the attacks in KP, Sindh and Punjab provinces - it is clear, however, that anti-State elements are using these attacks to hit the Govt where it hurts; (ii) PEC has become a security i
curity situation may worsen. Afghanistan post-2014: If the US withdrawal leaves behind an unstable environment, and depending on who comes in after Karzai, and if there is no agreement with the Afghan Taliban, there will be civil war. Even with an orderly withdrawal, there will still be a dip in the s
00586396 (i) there have been no attacks on PEC workers in FATA, only threats so far; TTP strongly denies it is behind the attacks in KP, Sindh and Punjab provinces - it is clear, however, that anti-State elements are using these attacks to hit the Govt where it hurts; (ii) PEC has become a security i
curity situation may worsen. Afghanistan post-2014: If the US withdrawal leaves behind an unstable environment, and depending on who comes in after Karzai, and if there is no agreement with the Afghan Taliban, there will be civil war. Even with an orderly withdrawal, there will still be a dip in the s
00586413 (i) there have been no attacks on PEC workers in FATA, only threats so far; TTP strongly denies it is behind the attacks in KP, Sindh and Punjab provinces - it is clear, however, that anti-State elements are using these attacks to hit the Govt where it hurts; (ii) PEC has become a security i
curity situation may worsen. Afghanistan post-2014: If the US withdrawal leaves behind an unstable environment, and depending on who comes in after Karzai, and if there is no agreement with the Afghan Taliban, there will be civil war. Even with an orderly withdrawal, there will still be a dip in the s
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Kabul
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Bill Clinton
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Barack Obama
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United States
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Stephen Hawking
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George W. Bush
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Bashar al-Assad
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George Mitchell
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Robert Gates
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Marc Rich
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Prince Andrew
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Nigeria
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Donald Trump
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