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With violence on the rise in Afghanistan, U.S. government officials are expressing concerns over the security situation there and the role played by NATO allies. We'll look at threat from the Taliban and al-Qaeda and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's support of talks with Taliban factions.
Ambassador James Dobbins, director of the International Security and Defense Policy Center at the RAND Corporation, and former special envoy to Afghanistan
Michael Scheuer, CBS News Terrorism Analyst, former CIA analyst who served as chief of the Bin Laden Counter Terrorist Center from 1996 to 1999 and author of two books on the threat of terrorism under the name of Anonymous. His next book, "Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq" will be published in early 2008.
Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Chairman, the Institute for State Effectiveness and former finance minister of Afghanistan and chancellor of Kabul University. He is also an adviser to the U.N. and has served as chief adviser to President Karzai. He's also author of the forthcoming book, "Fixing Failed States."
Ambassador Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs
For more than half a century Dan Schorr has been covering the major stories of our time. He joins Diane to talk about his life in journalism and the state of politics in America today.
Daniel Schorr, NPR Senior News Analyst
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