Epstein Secrets

urgency. Pakistan is reluctant to support any solution that doesn't protect its interests in Afghanistan or fails to provide a non-aligned setup in Kabul with a dominant role for Pashtuns, putting it at odds with Western allies and the Afghan government. The US wants the present setup to continue EF

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

Pakistanis. Americans, meanwhile, are furious at Pakistan for sheltering the leadership of the Afghan Taliban, who are fighting U.S. forces and the Kabul government in Afghanistan. Given this explosive situation, is it really possible for the United States and Pakistan to go on working together again

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

ip in the security situation, with each power source positioning itself. How soon Afghanistan can get out of this dip depends on who is in power in Kabul. This dip/civil war will, in any case, spill over into Pakistan, where the power struggle will breed further instability and unleash negative force

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

ip in the security situation, with each power source positioning itself. How soon Afghanistan can get out of this dip depends on who is in power in Kabul. This dip/civil war will, in any case, spill over into Pakistan, where the power struggle will breed further instability and unleash negative force

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

ip in the security situation, with each power source positioning itself. How soon Afghanistan can get out of this dip depends on who is in power in Kabul. This dip/civil war will, in any case, spill over into Pakistan, where the power struggle will breed further instability and unleash negative force

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