Epstein Secrets

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

he wrong cellphone for months, mistaking Amanullah for a senior Taliban leader. A year earlier, a drone strike killed Baitullah Mehsud, the head of the Pakistani Taliban, while he was visiting his father- in-law; his wife was vaporized along with him. But the U.S. had already tried four times to assassinate Mehsud wi

hitting a big obstacle: The messages are running wild on smaller fringe networks popular among the far

rence Saturday, Pakistan's foreign minister and military "said they had obtained documents that showed New Delhi had met with and funded members of the Pakistani Taliban, as well as Baloch insurgent groups from the southern province of Balochistan." Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi "said...the country would pre

hitting a big obstacle: The messages are running wild on smaller fringe networks popular among the far

rence Saturday, Pakistan's foreign minister and military "said they had obtained documents that showed New Delhi had met with and funded members of the Pakistani Taliban, as well as Baloch insurgent groups from the southern province of Balochistan." Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi "said...the country would pre

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

e-Taliban Pakistan), if it stays a force to reckon with? It already allied itself with anti-Shia militants in its war against Islamabad. After all, the Pakistani Taliban has been important as a force for the fight in Afghanistan. The role TTP could play after 2014 would not necessarily be in Iran's interest. Even if

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

to the Taliban to protect its interests in Afghanistan, but lately its government has been challenged by its own violent Islamist groups, including the Pakistani Taliban. Pakistanis have opposed Indian influence in Afghanistan on the ground that India might turn Pashtun nationalism against Pakistan. But that hypothe

hitting a big obstacle: The messages are running wild on smaller fringe networks popular among the far

rence Saturday, Pakistan's foreign minister and military "said they had obtained documents that showed New Delhi had met with and funded members of the Pakistani Taliban, as well as Baloch insurgent groups from the southern province of Balochistan." Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi "said...the country would pre