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What exactly are the possibilities-and hazards-facing America as it withdraws from Afghanistan and reviews its long engagement in Pakistan? Where is the Taliban now in both these countries? What will the immediate future hold, and what are America's choices going forward? These are some of the key questions that Ahmed Rashid-Pakistan's preeminent journalist-takes on in this follow-up to his acclaimed Descent into Chaos. The escalation of the war in Afghanistan has deepened a long-standing turmoil in its neighbor to the east. Pakistan's political and military command has exhibited neither the courage nor the will to handle major reforms in the country's foreign and economic guidelines. The Pakistani talk about still fosters many extremist jihadi fighters, even as the Pakistani Taliban straight threaten that very talk about. Social services are near collapse, law enforcement is abysmal, monetary hardship is wide-spread, natural disasters happen with little authorities assistance, and the majority of the population does not have any security. During the first years of the Obama administration, the critical U.S.-Pakistan romantic relationship has been in a state of exclusive meltdown. American strategy has reflected contradictory policies, strong political infighting, and doubt about U.S. goals in the region. All get-togethers to the issue in Afghanistan and to the deterioration in Pakistan have made awful mistakes, behaving with arrogance, hubris, rigidity, and stubbornness. While battles for democracy are occurring in countries which have hitherto known only dictatorship, South and Central Asia, the birthplace of Al Qaeda, remains beset by extremist categories and nuclear weaponry. Yet Afghanistan and Pakistan have a larger effect on global stableness than somewhere else, and the decisions created by America and the West in the approaching years about Pakistan will have an effect on the security and safety of the world. For three ages, Ahmed Rashid has reported, written, and spoken about the wars and political incidents he has observed and has been lauded internationally for his levelheaded, educated insights. As an up-to-date briefing from one of the world's leading experts, so when an exhortation toward peacefulness and understanding, Pakistan on the Brink is Rashid's most immediate book.
