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2011.
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| Summary/Abstract |
The Af-Pal< strategy of Obama Administration marks a distinct stage in the evolution of the US policy towards Afghanistan since Septemberl 1, 2001. It draws upon the inadequacies of the Afghan policy of the Bush Administration which apparently believed in the rhetoric of war against terror but did not adopt effective strategy with well defined priorities. 'The Bush Administration's objectives were threefold: defeat of Al Qaeda, destruction of the Taliban supportbase and blind determination to bring democracy to Afghanistan and the wider Muslin world. Beyond these general aspirations, the US government during the Presidency of George Bush, never had an Afghanistan or Pakistan strategy let alone an At'-Pal: strategy'.' Pakistan's covert support to Taliban leading to its resurgence and the inability of the US forces in hunting down Al Qaeda and the Taliban were causing uneasiness in the minds of the US leaders. Yet George Bush did not take any substantial initiatives in order to match anti-terror rhetoric. He was not prepared to review the traditional 'perception of the United States towards Pakistan, whose military regime had, as a matter of convenience, suddenly turned into the US ally against terror.
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