Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Descent Into Chaos: Charlie Rose Interview with Ahmed Rashid
This video from the Charlie Rose show, first aired in June '08 features veteran Pakistani journalist and author Ahmed Rashid (from minute 32) discussing Pakistani and Afghan developments, as well as his book Descent Into Chaos. Among other topics, Rashid touches on the "Talibanization of Pakistan", the threat that offshoots of the Taliban taking shelter in Afghanistan are persuading tribes in Pakistan to fight for the Taliban, and that these tribes are taking on their own agenda of promoting "Taliban values" in Pakistan.
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