The assertion by the top US military official in Afghanistan, Gen John Nicholson, that the Taliban are a “narco-insurgency” has received little attention since he informed the Senate Armed Services Committee that there persists a “shortfall of a few thousand troops”. Heeding to the general’s calls, the Trump administration deployed an additional 5,000 troops to […]
Author Archives: Faqir Hamim
The writer is an Islamabad-based consultant and was a 2016-2017 Chevening Scholar at UCL, London. He tweets @faqirhamim
