American geo-political isolation like Never Before Imtiaz Gul
Once Pakistan told the American dignitaries point-blank that any military bases for its counter-terror (CT) operations in Afghanistan ‘are out of the question’, the US was confronted with yet another dilemma: where to base its CT troops. None is in sight yet.
The American delegation that came knocking included the CIA Chief William Burns who had flown in from Kabul early May to explore possibilities of basing the CT Mission somewhere in Pakistan.
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