Taliban v. Al Qaeda II

Scott Atran may think even the Haqqani network can be turned against al Qaeda, but Jeffrey Kressler over at the Institute for the Study of War does not (http://www.understandingwar.org/otherwork/afghan-insurgent-group-will-not-negotiate-atlantic).  His in-depth piece on the Haqqani network is worth a gander:

Haqqani_Network_Compressed.pdf (application/pdf Object).

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