Time to Start Demanding Answers From Pakistan - (CBS) Jere Van Dyk
From December 2006 until February 2008, I traveled, off and on, along both sides of the Afghan - Pakistani border. The Wikileaks disclosures are further confirmation that what the Taliban told me is true; that Pakistan is working against the U.S. in Afghanistan. But there is more to this story.
In December 2007, I met at night with an insurgent leader in Chitral, Pakistan. He had been fighting across the border in Kunar, Afghanistan but got sick and had to return to Chitral. "We have camps here and they give us treatment." I asked who "they" were. "Elders, government people, the ISI, the estekhbarat" (intelligence agency).
He was the leader of 40 men. He told me they received $2,000 for every bomb they planted, $2,000 for every Afghan army soldier they killed, $10,000 for every American soldier they killed and $20,000 to the family of suicide bombers. .... More -- Time to Start Demanding Answers From Pakistan - CBS News
"Captive" Author Jere van Dyk
(CBS) CAPTIVE: My Time As A Prisoner of the Taliban.
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