Troop Surge: What It Means for Pakistan

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Troop Surge: What It Means for Pakistan

The spotlight is on President Obama and a troop surge in Afghanistan, but the repercussions will spill across the Afghan borders. Kojo explores the complex ties between Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States and examines the Pakistani...

The spotlight is on President Obama and a troop surge in Afghanistan, but the repercussions will spill across the Afghan borders. Kojo explores the complex ties between Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States and examines the Pakistani reaction to the President's Tuesday speech.

Guests

Steve Coll

President and CEO, New America Foundation; Staff Writer, The New Yorker, author of Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001

Christine Fair

Assistant Professor, Center for Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

Nasim Ashraf

Executive Director, Center for Pakistan Studies, Middle East Institute

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