Afghanistan, Pakistan: The Battlespace of the Border

The U.S. military has grown increasingly bold in conducting incursions across the Afghan border into Pakistan as it targets al Qaeda and Taliban leaders and tries to interdict jihadist movement into Afghanistan and its strongholds in Pakistan. The border region has thus become a crucial battlespace in the Afghan campaign, and the new head of U.S. Central Command will soon be working with the next U.S. president on a new strategy for that campaign. One way or another, this strategy will have to confront the mounting jihadist insurgency on both sides of the border.