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“Af-Pak,” Obama’s Strategy For Afghanistan and Pakistan July 01, 2009 / Daniel Twining
State weakness that enables terrorists to find sanctuary in Pakistan and Afghanistan poses a direct danger to Europeans and Americans. Terrorist attacks in Western capitals on both sides of the Atlantic emanated from ungoverned territories thousands of kilometers away in South and Central Asia, and terrorists continue to plot new attacks. Al Qaeda and its affiliates have sought weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear material, raising the risk that another terrorist strike in the heart of the West could be even more devastating.



