I think Afghanistan was lost because Bush wanted a quick solution, and the quickest way to defeat the Taliban Gov was to ally with the warlords of Northern Alliance. The same people who were responsible for the destruction of Afghanistan in the first place. As the report itself states...
Taliban and Afghanistan restart secret talks in Qatar
Exclusive: Senior sources say US diplomat was present for first known negotiations since Pakistan-brokered process broke down in 2013
Smoke rises from a building where Taliban insurgents hide during a fire fight with Afghan security...
The thing a lot of the current war profiteers sitting in Kabul forget is that, the US is not a Socialist country who just out of their own goodness goes around the world buildin things for others. The US is a capitalist country and they expect a return on anything that they invest in a country...
China puts India ties on the backburner
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It would be an exaggeration to visualize the forthcoming meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Goa in the weekend as a landmark event...
Point me out where it says "whole Pakistani Battalions fighting in Panjshir".
I am not screaming. I am challenging you to provide proof for your porkie.
What, you are feeling touchy today?
This is what your link states:
From [Excised] to DIA Washington D.C., "IIR [Excised] Pakistan Involvement in Afghanistan," November 7, 1996, Confidential, 2 pp. [Excised]
Similar to the October 22, 1996 Intelligence Information Report (IIR), this IIR reiterates how "Pakistan's ISI is heavily...