Directorate S
The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016
Book • 2018
Steve Coll chronicles the U.S.
secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2001 to 2016, highlighting the failure to counter Pakistan's ISI Directorate S, which covertly supported the Taliban despite U.S.
alliances.
The book details CIA operations, military strategies, diplomatic missteps across Bush and Obama administrations, and how conflicting interests doomed the war effort amid corruption, hubris, and shadowy intelligence battles.
secret wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2001 to 2016, highlighting the failure to counter Pakistan's ISI Directorate S, which covertly supported the Taliban despite U.S.
alliances.
The book details CIA operations, military strategies, diplomatic missteps across Bush and Obama administrations, and how conflicting interests doomed the war effort amid corruption, hubris, and shadowy intelligence battles.
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