Nudging Afghanistan in the Right Direction

By Robert Grenier

Robert Grenier is an author, speaker, and Chairman of ERG Partners, a boutique investment bank.  He was 27 years a CIA spy in the Middle East and South Asia, where he was Station Chief for Pakistan and Afghanistan on 9/11, and CIA Mission Manager for Iraq during the 2003 invasion.  A former deputy National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and head of CIA's spy school, the Farm, he capped his CIA career as Director of the CIA Counter-Terrorism Center. He is the author of 88 Days to Kandahar.

With the Trump Administration set to take office next month, The Cipher Brief spoke with Robert Grenier, former CIA Chief of Station in Pakistan and Afghanistan and author of the book, “88 Days to Kandahar,” to discuss ways for the U.S. to move forward in its efforts to stabilize Afghanistan.

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