i'm posting this for anyone interested in understanding what's happening in Afghanistan & Pakistan, who the players are, and how and why they clash or ally with one another, and how US presence in the area affects it all ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Discussion on Afghanistan Insurgency
"The Insurgency in Afghanistan: Homegrown or Imported?"
Marvin G. Weinbaum, Scholar-in-Residence, Middle East Institute & Amin Tarzi, Regional Analyst for Afghanistan, RFE/RL, Inc. speak on the topic.
8/9/2006: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr. 30 min.
rtsp://video.c-span.org/project/ter/ter080906_afghanistan.rm
Mr. Weinbaum is informative but a bit boring, while Mr. Tarzi is jammed packed full of current info in tandem with an excellent knowledge of the history of this area ...
A point of interest i'd not known till listening to Mr. Tarzi, is that Iran is also covertly active in Afghanistan and will probably make trouble for the US presence there if they feel extremly threatened by the US in reference to there nuclear pursuits ...
No man knows the day and the hour of His 2nd coming, but for sure each passing day brings us closer! ...
Interesting times we're living in saints! ...
Be Informed! ...