![]() ![]() They’re not standing around and guarding checkpoints, and you know, street corners. These are direct action, you know, “go to the ball” kind of groups. Here the CIA is funding, arming and running secret Afghan militia, who guard the border, gather intelligence, and launch kill raids against the militants.ĭEXTER FILKINS, The New Yorker: They’re called “Counter-Terrorism Pursuit Teams,” and they are groups of Afghans very well paid, apparently pretty well trained, with guns, and they operate at the direction of the CIA. A year ago, I traveled across Afghanistan and up to the border of Pakistan together with FRONTLINE correspondent Stephen Grey.īeyond this checkpoint, the campaign against the Taliban and al Qaeda is led by U.S. ![]() MARTIN SMITH, Correspondent: For six months, FRONTLINE investigated a secret war against insurgents operating from inside Pakistan. ![]()
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