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"The Wrong Enemy" By Carlotta Gall

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue
Published April 23, 2014 at 10:10 AM EDT

    Carlotta Gall covers Afghanistan for the New York Times. Her new book is called The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014.

Highly critical of Pakistan, it offers new information about how Islamabad has helped the Taliban in Afghanistan, and how Pakistan's intelligence agency may have helped Osama bin Laden hide out in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
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