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’They only know how to do things through chaos’: Carlotta Gall
Author Carlotta Gall on Pakistan’s meddling in Afghanistan, and why the West has been fighting the wrong enemy since 9/11
New York Times reporter Carlotta Gall is the author of The Wrong Enemy: America in Afghanistan, 2001-2014, which argues that Pakistan, not Afghanistan has been the true enemy of the West, ever since 9/11 — arming, training and funding the Taliban, and even protecting al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, among other Islamist extremists.
Gall spoke to Maclean’s in Ottawa, shortly before briefing officials with the Canadian government, which officially considers Pakistan "an important ally for Canada in the global fight against terrorism."
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