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Aparna Pande: Pakistan's Endgame in Afghanistan? - 0 views

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    "have"
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The importance of the U.S.-Afghanistan alliance - The Washington Post - 0 views

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  • Then came meddling regional actors, who took advantage of feuding factions and a power vacuum, only to be followed by the Taliban, which brought deadly repression and became host to terrorists.
    • jason adkison
      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      Who would this be? India and Pakistan.
  • On Dec. 31, we fulfilled our promise to our people and our commitment to your president and to NATO by taking full responsibility for combat operations in our countr
    • jason adkison
      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      However, now the US is going to keep troops longer; by slowly withdrawing them.
  • A continued security partnership — with training, advice and assistance from the United States — will ensure that we will be an important ally in the decades to come.
    • jason adkison
      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      What does Afghanistan want...assistance=$$, troops, and training.
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  • Afghans protect and cherish the many schools built with U.S. assistance that are teaching more than 3 million of our daughters to read, along with the clinics that have saved the lives of tens of thousands of our wives and mothers
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      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      How the US/NATO are helping. Changing of Islamic society ways (who is NOT going to like this??)
  • With peace will come development that lets Afghanistan benefit from America’s business experience.
  • corruption
    • jason adkison
      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      remember: GHOST MONEY
  • Our legal system must be comprehensively restructured, and a national review of all prosecutors and judges to weed out corrupt or unqualified officials is already underway. More reforms will follow.
  • Political stability is built on a bedrock of economic growth.
  • resources
    • jason adkison
      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      What do they have?
  • nearly 40 years of conflict, poor governance and economic mismanagement have stifled growth in Afghanistan, leaving us dependent on outside aid.
  • Citizens’ Charter
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      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      not yet started...
  • Localized insurgencies and external enablers have evolved into existential threats to states
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      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      Taliban (Pakistan-Taliban?), ISIS?
  • Pakistan’s military operations are pushing a number of terrorist networks into our territory.
    • jason adkison
      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      Um, that is not good.
  • Narcotics
    • jason adkison
      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      This is a problem.
  • Our government will join free-trade arrangements that build prosperity and promote peace.
    • jason adkison
      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      Hopeful thinking as of now.
  • Properly supported, Afghanistan is uniquely positioned to block the spread of extremism.
    • jason adkison
      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      Why America should support Afghanistan.
  • And after 36 years of conflict, our people have become immunized against ideologically based conflict.
    • jason adkison
      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      no proof to this.
  • But we will not surrender the gains that we have made in education, health, democratic development, the media, civil society and women’s rights.
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      jason adkison on 04 May 15
       
      Why America should continue to support Afghanistan.
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