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Pakistan has been a critical partner for the United States since the events of 9/11, assisting in the hunt for al Qaeda leaders and fighting the Taliban in its western frontier regions. But increased militancy in the tribal areas, continued acts of terrorism in the country and its nuclear program present Washington with serious challenges.
An Afghan worker prepares to burn a pile of illegal narcotics in the outskirts of Jalalabad December 19, 2012 (REUTERS/Parwiz).
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Counterinsurgency, Counternarcotics, and Illicit Economies in Afghanistan: Lessons for State-Building
April 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown
Vanda Felbab-Brown analyzes U.S. counternarcotics policies in Afghanistan since 2001, how the Obama administration broke with the dominant counternarcotics framework, and the potentially problematic side effects of counternarcotics success.
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Testimony | Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism
June 13, 2008, Daniel L. Byman
Testimony | Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs
June 12, 2008, Stephen P. Cohen
Testimony | Senate Foreign Relations Committee
March 11, 2008, Philip H. Gordon
Testimony | Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
July 25, 2007, Stephen P. Cohen
Testimony | House Armed Services Committee Defense Review Threat Panel
September 27, 2005, Stephen P. Cohen
Testimony | House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
June 14, 2005, Stephen P. Cohen
January 28, 2004, Stephen P. Cohen
March 3, 1999, Richard N. Haass
Testimony | Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs
June 3, 1998, Richard N. Haass
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