The CIA’s Strategic Thinking in Afghanistan: 1979 to 2021
China now seems the most likely actor to take a position in the post-withdrawal Afghanistan, while it remains to be seen whether Beijing wishes to engage in a conflict that the USSR and NATO had difficulty in controlling before it Afghanistan has been a priority area for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) ... ... are withdrawing and China is strengthening its military presence in the Wakhan corridor and beginning negotiations with the Taliban. The Soviet presence in Afghanistan (1979-1989) and its consequences for regional powers and U.S. diplomacy Far from confining ...
17.08.2021