 AP Photo What U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has been pursuing in Afghanistan for the past one year has now received international imprimatur, thanks to the well-scripted London conference. Four words sum up that strategy: Surge, bribe and run. TAGGED: Pakistan, India, Taliban, Inter-Services Intelligence, Afghanistan, afpak, al Qaeda, ISIRECOMMENDED ARTICLES| On Christmas Day, al Qa’eda in the Arabian Peninsula sent a radicalised young man to blow up an American airplane over Detroit. Yemen, a country that has long alarmed policymakers, became international front-page news... more ›› |
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