The Haqqani Network and the Threat to Afghanistan
December 12, 2011 - Institute for the Study of War![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/home_afghanista.jpg?itok=r0L7Yk_A)
In the debate over how to plan for the U.S. exit from Afghanistan, a new argument has surfaced about who, exactly, American forces should be fighting.