More air support for Afghan forces will help drive the Taliban to the negotiating table, Mattis and Dunford tell Congress.
Pakistan’s spy agencies: The running conflict between the civilian Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the military’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is at boiling point, with the former accused of political maneuvering and overstepping constitutional bounds, FM Shakil writes. The civilian watchdog – under instruction from a ruling Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) administration whose grip on power looks ever-more shaky – has been carrying out around-the-clock surveillance of the judiciary, opposition parties and military intelligence for some time. The bubbling rivalry between the IB and ISI attracted attention in June this year when a Joint Investigation Team probing alleged money laundering made a written complaint to the Supreme Court that the IB was wiretapping JIT members, including ISI and Military Intelligence personnel. READ THE STORY HERE The US Will Be Dropping A Lot More Bombs on Afghanistan // Caroline Houck
More air support for Afghan forces will help drive the Taliban to the negotiating table, Mattis and Dunford tell Congress.
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