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Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
Ahmed Rashid

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

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"Almost every single important extremist leader is living on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan," says Ahmed Rashid. Compared to this threat, Iraq is a sideshow.

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From a Reporter's Notebook: Afghanistan One Year Later: The Struggle for the Soul of a Nation (Transcripts)
Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia (Transcripts)
Pakistan: The Struggle Between Politics and Extremism (Videos)
Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia (Audios)
Pakistan/ Morocco/ Afghanistan Diary, 2006 (Articles, Papers, and Reports)
Behind the Headlines: Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Rise of Militant Islam (Transcripts)

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From a Reporter's Notebook: Afghanistan One Year Later: The Struggle for the Soul of a Nation

Transcripts
Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia

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Pakistan: The Struggle Between Politics and Extremism

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Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia

Articles, Papers, and Reports
Pakistan/ Morocco/ Afghanistan Diary, 2006

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Behind the Headlines: Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Rise of Militant Islam

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Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia Ahmed Rashid

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Ahmed Rashid