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On the Road: Voices from the Region

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By Anatol Lieven
Published on Oct 24, 2001
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Voices from the Region

Carnegie Senior Associate Anatol Lieven recently returned from a three-week research trip to Pakistan. Read the text of his interviews with political, military and economic leaders in the region including Commander Abdul Haq. In the late 1980s, Lieven served as a correspondent for The Times (London) in Pakistan and Afghanistan, where he covered the closing stages of the Soviet occupation and the start of the Afghan civil wars. His latest publication is a Carnegie Policy Brief entitled Fighting Terrorism: Lessons from the Cold War

• Interview with a Commander Abdul Haq

• Interview with a Pro-Taliban Businessman

• Interview with Lt General (ret.) Talat Masood, Pakistan Army

• Interview with Qazi Mohammed Amin Waqad

• Presentation by Humayan Khan, former Pakistani foreign minister

• Links to September 11- related news and analyses


About the Author

Anatol Lieven

Former Senior Associate

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