Epstein Secrets

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

strikes against Taliban and al Qaeda targets in Pakistan's tribal areas and drastically scale back CIA operations. This followed a drone attack in North Waziristan that killed more than 40 civilians on the very day that Pakistan released contracted CIA operative Raymond Davis, who had been arrested for killin

abad's worries have increased. The talks, which had started last year, seem to have stalled after both sides stuck to their hardline positions. The Karzai government has also established contacts with the Taliban, but no headway has so far been made as the Taliban want only to talk with the US. The qu

a lethal brew of Al Qaeda operatives, both Afghan and Pakistani Taliban, and other jihadi groups fighting on both sides of the border. Meanwhile, North Waziristan, the biggest of the seven tribal territories, has turned into a base for the Haqqani network, the most powerful Afghan Taliban faction fighting the

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

explore if the Pak Army and JUI-F, a religion-based Islamist party with a large following in FATA, can get the "good" Taliban leader Gul Bahadur in North Waziristan Agency to lift his ban (Gul Bahadur was earlier associated with JUI-F); thereafter the Mullah Nazir Group in South Waziristan Agency will automatic

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

explore if the Pak Army and JUI-F, a religion-based Islamist party with a large following in FATA, can get the "good" Taliban leader Gul Bahadur in North Waziristan Agency to lift his ban (Gul Bahadur was earlier associated with JUI-F); thereafter the Mullah Nazir Group in South Waziristan Agency will automatic

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

explore if the Pak Army and JUI-F, a religion-based Islamist party with a large following in FATA, can get the "good" Taliban leader Gul Bahadur in North Waziristan Agency to lift his ban (Gul Bahadur was earlier associated with JUI-F); thereafter the Mullah Nazir Group in South Waziristan Agency will automatic