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	Podcast:		Midday on WNYC
	Episode:		Steve Coll on the United States' Secret Wars in South Asia
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		0
	Publish Date:		2018-02-18 23:00:00
	Description:		Steve Coll, New Yorker staff writer and Dean of Columbia Journalism School, discusses his new book Directorate S: The C.I.A. and America's Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Coll examines how prior to 9/11, the United States had been carrying out small-scale covert operations in Afghanistan, ostensibly in cooperation with, although often in direct opposition to, the Pakistani intelligence agency “I.S.I.” He looks at how a highly secretive wing of I.S.I., known as "Directorate S," covertly trained, armed and sought to legitimize the Taliban. Coll reveals how America became ensnared in an elaborate, factional, and seemingly interminable conflict in South Asia. Steve Coll will give a talk and book signing on Thursday, February 22nd at the Upper West Side Barnes & Noble (2289 Broadway at 82nd St). This segment is guest hosted by Hari Kondabolou.
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