The US-Pakistan War: Struggle Over A’stan Heats Up -- Amir Taheri, New York PostWe can’t hide the fact: America and Pakistan are at war over Afghanistan.
The Pakistanis want a big voice in the government in Kabul. The United States backs Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who’s determined to prevent that.
Initially, this was a proxy war. The Pakistanis recruited, armed and deployed Afghans who wished to fight America. In the last year or so, however, we’ve seen more direct Pakistani involvement both in command and control and as an actual presence in anti-American operations, such as the recent attacks on the US embassy and other targets in Kabul.
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My Comment: Kudos to Amir Taheri for looking at the big picture. He sees what I been noticing for the past year .... countries in the region positioning themselves to take advantage of the vacuum that the U.S. will create when they leave Afghanistan .... and leave they eventually will.
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