The Cipher Brief sat down with Bruce Riedel, Director of the Intelligence Project at the Brookings Institution to discuss the current threat posed by the Haqqani network. According to Riedel, the Haqqani network “is the most deadly and effective part of the forces opposing American and allied troops in Afghanistan” and may even represent “the dominant faction within the Afghan Taliban.”
The Cipher Brief: How would you assess the Haqqani network’s current capabilities?
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