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June 13, 2010

The West Is Handing Afghanistan to Pakistan

M. Rasgotra, The Hindu

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In their anxiety to end the war in Afghanistan, London and Washington seem poised to compound their earlier follies, and make way for the induction of the Taliban in Kabul.

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TAGGED: Taliban, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, UK

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