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  • How the 2002 NSC Defined America’s Afghan Strategy

    How the 2002 NSC Defined America’s Afghan Strategy

    By Dr Sharifullah Dorani* Introduction After the Taliban was defeated and al Qaeda was on the run, the National Security Council (NSC) of the  George W Bush Administration held a meeting in February 2002 in the White House Situation Room to discuss their Afghan strategy. The meeting resulted in the making of the counterterrorism…