Blog: MCM511 Solution

America initially supported the fundamentalist movements which ultimately formed the Taliban government, unconcerned with the implications of sponsoring an oppressive regime so long as it countered the red menace of Communism. Meanwhile, Iraqi women crippled by economic sanctions held dying children in their arms. Economic stagnation profoundly impacted women’s ability to care for themselves and their families.

However, government officials insisted that, unlike the past, this time he was not scheduled to meet anyone else, the newspaper said.

While General Kayani had, even before the CIA chief’s visit, made it clear that the Army would not allow the CIA to carry out independent operations and that any future intelligence cooperation would be reciprocal and transparent, Panetta did little to pacify Pakistani generals and instead confronted them with “evidence of collusion with Taliban militants”.