Lisa Curtis

Senior Research Fellow, Heritage Foundation

Guest

Senior research fellow for South Asia in the Asia Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation; former senior advisor in the State Department's Bureau of South Asian Affairs (2001-2003); former South Asia expert for Senator Richard Luger, then Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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Before this weekend's NATO summit , Afghan President Hamid Karzai told reporters he wants fewer foreign troops in his country to reduce what he called "intrusiveness" of the war…

Obama, Karzai and the War in Afghanistan

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President Hamid Karzai wants US and NATO forces reduced, but he'll have to settle for increased drone strikes and nighttime raids whether he likes it or not.

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It's been reported that remote-controlled US drones have devastated the top leadership of the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan.

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It's been reported that remote-controlled US drones have devastated the top leadership of the Taliban and al Qaeda in Pakistan.

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