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Middle East Institute Viewpoints: Afghanistan, 1979-2009: In the Grip of Conict • www.mei.edu
Te mission o the Middle East Institute is to promote knowledge o the Middle East in Amer-ica and strengthen understanding o the United States by the people and governments o theregion.
For more thn 60 yers, MEI hs delt wth the momentous events n the Mddle Est — rom the brth o the stteo Isrel to the nvson o Irq. ody, MEI s oremost uthorty on contemporry Mddle Est ssues. It pro- vdes vtl orum or honest nd open debte tht ttrcts poltcns, scholrs, government ocls, nd polcy experts rom the US, As, Europe, nd the Mddle Est. MEI enjoys wde ccess to poltcl nd busness ledersn countres throughout the regon. Along wth normton exchnges, cltes or reserch, objectve nlyss,nd thoughtul commentry, MEI’s progrms nd publctons help counter smplstc notons bout the MddleEst nd Amerc. We re t the oreront o prvte sector publc dplomcy.
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s nother MEI servce toudences nterested n lernng more bout the complextes o ssues ectng the Mddle Est nd US reltonswth the regon. Te vews expressed n these
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re those o the uthors; the Mddle Est Insttute doesnot tke postons on Mddle Est polcy.
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