Current Intelligence: Insights from the Afghan field
The biggest mistake of American policy makers so far might be their profound lack of understanding of their enemy in Afghanistan. AP

Current Intelligence: Insights from the Afghan field

Sep 8, 2010 at 05:28
Anatol Lieven writes:

If books like the ones under review had appeared in 2002, and been read by Western commanders and officials, they might have changed the course of the Afghan War. Even today, should a US administration ever be able to disentangle itself from the Karzai government and nerve itself to open serious negotiations with the Taliban, such works will be indispensable to understanding the people on the other side of the table. Read the story.

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