FTA00636707 Palestinian negotiators. An arguably more important undertaking, however, has been led by recently retired four-star Marine Corps Gen. John R. Allen, former commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, to come up with a made-in-America solution to Israel's security needs on its "eastern front" — ac

stir trouble. They were reported to have been active particularly in Herat. But as explained by the senior allied commander in Afghanistan, General John R. Allen, Iran could do more but it decided not to do so.6I So it is difficult to talk about a sinister imperialist agenda by the Iranians in Afghanistan. And