Asia Times Online
Top Pakistani and US officials are to develop a new consensus strategy to combat the renewed al-Qaeda and Taliban threat as US-led coalition intelligence is convinced that this nexus has consolidated in Afghanistan to such an extent that it is using the country as a sanctuary from which to direct global operations.
It was for this very reason that the US invaded Afghanistan in late 2001 as the Taliban had allowed Osama bin Laden to take up residence in the country, set up jihadi training camps and, among other things, plan for September 11.
Since the Taliban's almost overnight retreat in face of that invasion, they have slowly reestablished themselves in parts of Afghanistan, as well as in Pakistani territory in remote border areas. MORE
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