This is The Story of Americas Gravest Mistakeof How Its Most Trusted Ally Turned Out To Be The Very Reason It Was Fighting The Afghan Warcarlotta Gall Has Reported From Afghanistan and Pakistan for Almost The Entire Duration of The American invasion and Occupation, Beginning Shortly After 9, 11. in The Wrong Enemy She Chronicles Just How Much This War Has Cost The Afghan People, and How Much Damage Can Be Traced To Pakistan and Its Duplicitous Government and intelligence forces. She Reveals Shocking Evidence Which Details The Extent of Pakistans involvement in Protecting Osama Bin Laden and in Training Militants Who Operated in The Region. Her Firsthand Accounts of Pakistani intelligence Thugs, Taliban Warlords, American Generals, Afghani Politicians, and The Many innocents Who Were Caught Up In This Long War Are Riveting. Pakistan, Not Afghanistan, Has Been The Real Enemy All Along. Product Description about The Author carlotta Gall Has Worked for The New York Times Since 1999, including Over Ten Years in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She Previously Worked for The Financial Times and The Economist. in 2007 She Was Featured in The Academy Awardwinning Documentary Taxi To The Dark Side. She is The Coauthor With Thomas De Waal of Chechnya A Small Victorious War, Which Won The James Cameron Award. in Addition, Gall Has Been Awarded The Kurt Schork Award for international Freelance Journalism, The interaction Award for Outstanding international Reporting, and The Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting By Georgetown University.