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THE PLANK AUGUST 26, 2009

An AfPak Puzzle

BY MICHAEL CROWLEY

Bernard Finel wants to know:

What precisely is the nature of the risk a Taliban takeover of Afghanistan would pose to the stability of Pakistan? From 1996 to 2001, the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, and yet by most indications, Pakistan was under less threat from Islamist radicals then than now. What has changed to make Afghanistan now the lynchpin on which the stability of Pakistan rests?

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