Epstein Secrets

ting editor and the author of The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Story of America's War in Afghani

ving that his cousin was innocent, and not involved in any insurgent activities, Tariq joined a group of tribal elders last October at a meeting in Islamabad organized by Reprieve, the human rights group. Neil Williams, a volunteer for Reprieve, spent an hour speaking with Tariq at the meeting. "We star

Administered Tribal Areas (FATA): Straddling the wild and difficult terrain between Pakistan and Afghan

alth sources in Peshawar, the seat of both the tribal FATA Secretariat as well as the Provincial Govt, and official sources in the national capital Islamabad -- including by coincidence Dr Waqar Ajmal, the Pakistani technical focal point for polio at the Gates Foundation, who is based in Seattle but was v

See for example Shahin Eghraghi, •Hekmaryar: The wild card in Afghanistan', Asia Times, 7 January 2004,

d two million refugees.2° In 1991-92 there were nearly three million. But the two countries have had different policies towards the Afghan refugees: Islamabad confined them to refugee camps. It gave the Pakistanis a better political control over those foreigners but made the latter totally dependent on in

a message to the other. This interpretation is so wild it is beyond belief. Despite all this, I do not

ence of American troops, Pakistan's own ascendant Taliban could feel free to join hands with Afghanistan's Taliban. In other words, these days even Islamabad is interested in putting the Taliban in a cage — or a peace agreement. In fact, Islamabad has favored a negotiated reconciliation between the Afgha

ibal Areas (FATA): EFTA00586373 Straddling the wild and difficult terrain between Pakistan and Afghan

alth sources in Peshawar, the seat of both the tribal FATA Secretariat as well as the Provincial Govt, and official sources in the national capital Islamabad -- including by coincidence Dr Waqar Ajmal, the Pakistani technical focal point for polio at the Gates Foundation, who is based in Seattle but was

ibal Areas (FATA): EFTA00586390 Straddling the wild and difficult terrain between Pakistan and Afghan

alth sources in Peshawar, the seat of both the tribal FATA Secretariat as well as the Provincial Govt, and official sources in the national capital Islamabad -- including by coincidence Dr Waqar Ajmal, the Pakistani technical focal point for polio at the Gates Foundation, who is based in Seattle but was

ibal Areas (FATA): EFTA00586407 Straddling the wild and difficult terrain between Pakistan and Afghan

alth sources in Peshawar, the seat of both the tribal FATA Secretariat as well as the Provincial Govt, and official sources in the national capital Islamabad -- including by coincidence Dr Waqar Ajmal, the Pakistani technical focal point for polio at the Gates Foundation, who is based in Seattle but was