Despite President Obama’s promises of a drawdown in Afghanistan, the United States is settling in for the long haul.
Maintaining Influence in Afghanistan
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Despite President Obama’s promises of a drawdown in Afghanistan, the United States is settling in for the long haul.
American military technology transformed remote, landlocked Afghanistan into the world’s first true narco-state.
In May 2008, in the midst of the ongoing Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan, Islamabad concluded at least two peace agreements with Taliban and Taliban-linked groups operating in Pakistan. Although negotiations with the Taliban are necessary for any broad-based peace settlement in the region, these agreements threaten to complicate policy options for Washington and the Hamid Karzai government in Afghanistan.