Rug Pundits » Kathy Gannon http://rugpundits.com From the other side of the fence Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:07:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Afghan Alliance Building http://rugpundits.com/2009/10/17/afghan-alliance-building/ http://rugpundits.com/2009/10/17/afghan-alliance-building/#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:05:07 +0000 Florian Stambula http://pakchronicle.com/?p=107 When US troops entered Afghanistan, there prime target was to find Osama Bin Laden. Finding a base in hostile Taliban land made the US choose their allies with two eyes closed. As long as the warlords of the Northern Alliance were fighting against the Taliban, US troops would turn away from drug trafficing, smuggeling and human rights abuse.

Now, 8 years later, the relationships made that time are hunting the creationg of a stable state and building up governance structures. This Foreign Affairs article by Kathy Gannon focuses on the problem.

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