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Dec. 16, 2010
Gen. Keane on Afghan-Pakistan Review: Pakistani Government, Military 'Willingly Support' Taliban

Marine in Afghanistan. Photo by AFP/Getty ImagesPresident Obama said gains against al-Qaida in Afghanistan are "considerable" but "fragile and reversible" as part of a new war strategy review. Jim Lehrer gets views from Andrew Wilder of the U.S. Institute of Peace and retired Gen. Jack Keane who says Pakistan's government and military aid and abet Taliban sanctuaries.

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The headlines from an extensive Asia Foundation poll of Afghans were all-but-unanimous: "Afghans are more optimistic than last year." But concerns lingered over security and corruption.

Following Afghan President Hamid Karzai's criticism of coalition strategy and civilian casualties and reports of corruption within his government, two experts take a look at his commitment to the U.S.

In the wake of the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks releasing thousands of documents detailing Afghan war operations, two military analysts who have both written about the war lend their perspectives.

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