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It may not have been a sensible move from the US' perspective, and after '98 the Clinton folks appear to have moved away from whatever flirtation they did have with the Taliban.

But the interest was there, and Rashid isn't the only one to have made claims about a CIA role in the creation of the Taliban. Most agree that the Pakistani ISI played the crucial role, but that the CIA was there with money, some weapons, and a supportive posture.

And the world will live as one

by Montereyan (robert at calitics dot com) on Sat Sep 22nd, 2007 at 05:16:57 PM EST
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I don't think that what Rashid was saying is that the CIA had an important role in the creation of the Taliban. More in its strengthening. (In fact I probably got the first-Bhutto-then-ISI version from another Rashid book.)

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Sun Sep 23rd, 2007 at 04:11:20 AM EST
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