Former Pakistani Officer Embodies a Policy Puzzle - nytimes

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan — A United States-trained former colonel in Pakistan’s spy agency, he spent 20 years running insurgents in and out of Afghanistan, first to fight the Soviet Army, and later to support the Taliban, as Pakistani allies, in their push to conquer Afghanistan in the 1990s. - Former Pakistani Officer Embodies a Policy Puzzle

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