The Boston Globe, November 7th, 2001
BY GOING to war in Afghanistan, America has tumbled into two complex, many-sided conflicts that resemble a pair of concentric circles. One is the ever-shifting civil war that Afghans have known for at least the last quarter century. No less treacherous for the distant Americans are the multifarious regional rivalries that Afghanistan's neighbors continue to pursue through Afghan allies. It has been evident from the start that Washington would need cooperation from General Pervez Musharraf's military regime in Pakistan, from the Russian government of Vladimir Putin, and, in subtler ways, from C...
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