Over seven years after the 9/11 attacks, the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan remains the front line in the war on terror. President Barack Obama faces a deepening crisis as he prepares to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari.
Brookings expert Vanda Felbab-Brown took questions on this topic in the May 6 edition of the Scouting Report moderated by Politico Senior Editor John Ward Anderson. The transcript of this chat follows.
Agenda
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May 6
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Expert
Vanda Felbab-Brown Director - Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors, Co-Director - Africa Security Initiative, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @VFelbabBrown -
Moderator
John Anderson Senior Editor
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