A Perilous Course: U.S. Strategy and Assistance to Pakistan
10 August 2007
A new report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) provides a comprehensive review of U.S. military and economic assistance to Pakistan. The report, [PDF], also examines the strategic importance for including Afghanistan in Pakistan's assistance and reconstruction efforts. Pakistan has become a safe haven for Al Qaeda, providing a base for cross-border raids into...
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Bush Administration Releases New Afghanistan Drugs Strategy
10 August 2007
The U.S. State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs unveiled a long-delayed update to its Afghanistan on Thursday.
Counter-narcotics efforts to date have failed to prevent a dramatic increase in the production of opium and processed heroin in 2006, with dire consequences for the international development and reconstruction effort in Afghanistan. The State Department report...
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